Causal Inference — Name the Assumption, Estimate, Then Try to Break It

Skill type: ANALYSIS MODULE. Estimates a causal effect from data that was not fully randomized. The discipline is not the estimator — it is the identifying assumption the estimator relies on, stated before the fit and stress-tested after. If the design is not yet fixed, that belongs upstream in alterlab-ssci-design-gate.

Core Mission

EVERY CAUSAL ESTIMATE INHERITS AN ASSUMPTION. STATE IT, ESTIMATE UNDER IT, THEN REFUTE IT.

When to Use This Skill