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Causal Inference in R

You're reading from   Causal Inference in R Decipher complex relationships with advanced R techniques for data-driven decision-making

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837639021
Length 382 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Subhajit Das Subhajit Das
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Preface 1. Part 1:Foundations of Causal Inference
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Causal Inference FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Unraveling Confounding and Associations 4. Chapter 3: Initiating R with a Basic Causal Inference Example 5. Part 2: Practical Applications and Core Methods
6. Chapter 4: Constructing Causality Models with Graphs 7. Chapter 5: Navigating Causal Inference through Directed Acyclic Graphs 8. Chapter 6: Employing Propensity Score Techniques 9. Chapter 7: Employing Regression Approaches for Causal Inference 10. Chapter 8: Executing A/B Testing and Controlled Experiments 11. Chapter 9: Implementing Doubly Robust Estimation 12. Part 3: Advanced Topics and Cutting-Edge Methods
13. Chapter 10: Analyzing Instrumental Variables 14. Chapter 11: Investigating Mediation Analysis 15. Chapter 12: Exploring Sensitivity Analysis 16. Chapter 13: Scrutinizing Heterogeneity in Causal Inference 17. Chapter 14: Harnessing Causal Forests and Machine Learning Methods 18. Chapter 15: Implementing Causal Discovery in R 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Case study example of a graph model in R

Let’s learn to build a GCM in R using a toy social_media_data dataset, which you can download from the Git repository. It contains simulated social media user interactions and demographics. Here are the columns in the data:

  1. userA: A unique identifier for a social media user (presumably the influencer or content creator).
  2. userB: A unique identifier for another user (a follower or another influencer).
  3. num_post_likes: The number of likes a post has received.
  4. num_post_commented: The number of comments a post has received.
  5. interests: The categories of shared interests that userB and userA might have, such as art, design, technology, and so on.
  6. follows: A Boolean indicating whether userB follows userA.
  7. hours_active_perday: The number of hours per day userB is active on social media.
  8. probability_to_like: The likelihood that userB will like a post, expressed as a probability.
  9. probability_to_comment: The...
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