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Causal Reasoning: the identification layer no algorithm supplies — course syllabus
Graduate course syllabus for Irreducibly Human: Causal Reasoning at Northeastern University College of Engineering. Develops the ability to build a defensible causal model for a domain problem — DAG construction, confounder/mediator/collider identification, the backdoor criterion, and the estimation handoff — with every identification decision performed by the student, not delegated to a tool.