y <- (x-3)^3 + 3*x - .25*(x^2 * (x-3)) + rnorm(n=10000, mean=0, sd=3) dat <- data.frame(x = x, y = y) One of our most fundamental goals as data scientists is to ...

Abstract: The Conditional Expectation Function (CEF) is an optimal estimator in real space. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), as the current state-of-the-art method, lack interpretability. Estimating ...

This week sets the stage for the course and introduces how and why Machine Learning (ML) can be integrated into causal inference. Motivate the integration of statistical prediction with causal ...