Introduction to
Causal Discovery

EuroCIM 2024

April 16, 2024

Course plan

Topic Exercises
Human Generated DAGs
Introduction to PC and CPDAGs ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป
Introduction to TPC and TPDAGs ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป
Human generated ADMG ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฟโ€๐Ÿ’ป
Introduction to PAGs + FCI + TFCI ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ’ป
Final remarks + perspectives

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

American youth born 1980-84; Respondents aged 12-17 when first interviewed. Subset with data from 1997, 2002 and 2008 (N=6315).

Variable name Tier Type Description
r1_hhchildren R1 Numeric Number of household members younger than 18
r1_urban R1 Binary Urban status (Urban / Non-urban)
r1_mcollege R1 Binary Did biological mother attend college? (Yes / No)
r6_exercise R6 Numeric Days with 30+ minutes exercise /week
r6_depressed R6 Binary Having felt depressed during the last month (Sometimes / No)
r6_docvisits R6 Numeric Number of doctorโ€™s visits during the last year
r12_health R12 Binary Perception of own health (Good / Poor)
r12_depressed R12 Binary Having felt depressed during the last month (Sometimes / No)
r12_docvisits R12 Numeric Number of doctorโ€™s visits during the last year

Homework