Thanks for this excellent primer and case study! I learned a lot about causal analysis from your explanation. The section on using three waves to control for confounders while avoiding controlling for potential mediators was particularly helpful. I would be interested in hearing more about how the sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounders works.
The positive effect of activism on meat consumption that you found is especially concerning and important. I hope that we can gain more insight into this soon. If this finding replicates, then a lot of organizations might have to reevaluate their methods.
Thanks, Caleb – here’s the technical paper detailing the methods Jared used in the re-analysis, and here’s a more accessible paper introducing some closely related sensitivity analyses. The second is paywalled, but if you’d like, I can send you a copy if you message me with your email address. You can play with the latter method with this online calculator.
Thanks for this excellent primer and case study! I learned a lot about causal analysis from your explanation. The section on using three waves to control for confounders while avoiding controlling for potential mediators was particularly helpful. I would be interested in hearing more about how the sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounders works.
The positive effect of activism on meat consumption that you found is especially concerning and important. I hope that we can gain more insight into this soon. If this finding replicates, then a lot of organizations might have to reevaluate their methods.
Thanks, Caleb – here’s the technical paper detailing the methods Jared used in the re-analysis, and here’s a more accessible paper introducing some closely related sensitivity analyses. The second is paywalled, but if you’d like, I can send you a copy if you message me with your email address. You can play with the latter method with this online calculator.
Thanks! Looks like I have access through my university.