Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This video provides insight into why simply comparing the means of a treatment group with that of a control may not yield a good estimate of the average causal effect (due to selection bias).
Check out oxbridge-tutor.co.uk/graduate-econometrics-course for course materials, and information regarding updates on each of the courses. Check out ben-lambert.com/econometrics-course-problem-sets-and-data for course materials, and information regarding updates on each of the courses. Quite excitingly (for me at least), I am about to publish a whole series of new videos on Bayesian statistics on youtube. See here for information: ben-lambert.com/bayesian Accompanying this series, there will be a book: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473916364/ref=pe_3140701_247401851_em_1p_0_ti
This video provides insight into why simply comparing the means of a treatment group with that of a control may not yield a good estimate of the average causal effect (due to selection bias).
Check out oxbridge-tutor.co.uk/graduate-econometrics-course for course materials, and information regarding updates on each of the courses. Check out ben-lambert.com/econometrics-course-problem-sets-and-data for course materials, and information regarding updates on each of the courses. Quite excitingly (for me at least), I am about to publish a whole series of new videos on Bayesian statistics on youtube. See here for information: ben-lambert.com/bayesian Accompanying this series, there will be a book: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473916364/ref=pe_3140701_247401851_em_1p_0_ti
