Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This video provides an introduction into selection bias, and explains why a simple difference of means between treatment and control groups does not yield a good estimate for the average causal effect.
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 an introduction into selection bias, and explains why a simple difference of means between treatment and control groups does not yield a good estimate for the average causal effect.
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
