PH 220AAdvanced Methods in Health Services A

4 units · PH · UC San Diego

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to causal inference methodologies essential for empirical research in public health. Students will explore the distinctions between association and causation, the impacts of biases, and the role of randomized experiments and assignment mechanisms. Students will develop the skills to evaluate research designs and implement appropriate statistical techniques to identify and estimate causal relationships in both observational and experimental data.