Episode C1VL3: How common causes and common effects produce spurious associations
In this episode ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐, you will learn that ignoring the common cause and stratifying by common effect can lead to finding spurious associations between otherwise independent variables. Be sure to watch the last chapter of the video where we discuss Berkson's paradox.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Dependencies of 3 variables
2:56 Common cause
5:00 Spurious associations
7:31 Common effect
10:48 Take-aways
WATCH TUTORIAL on stratifying by a common effect: https://youtu.be/68yMjC51u2M
LINKS TO ARTICLES:
Sobolev 2018, https://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/31/E923
Berkson 1946, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu022
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