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Learning Causal Inference as an Epidemiologist
A methods essay on learning causal inference, epidemiology training, counterfactual thinking, and why the framework can feel brain-breaking.
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By Devin Teichrow. Published April 22, 2025.
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A methods essay on learning causal inference, epidemiology training, counterfactual thinking, and why the framework can feel brain-breaking.
I spent most of my early training thinking I was doing epidemiology wrong.
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