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Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray
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Keep it casual with the Casual Inference podcast. Your hosts Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray talk all things epidemiology, statistics, data science, causal inference, and public health. Sponsored by the American Journal of Epidemiology.

  1. Optimizing Data Workflows with Emily Riederer | Season 6 Episode 8

    26-06-2025

    Optimizing Data Workflows with Emily Riederer | Season 6 Episode 8

    Emily Riederer is a Data Science Senior Manager at Credit Risk Modeling Capital One. Her website can be found here: https://www.emilyriederer.com/   Follow along on Bluesky: Emily: ‪@emilyriederer.bsky.social‬ Ellie: @epiellie.bsky.social Lucy: @lucystats.bsky.social   🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    53 min
  2. Combining Data & Making Effects Generalizable with Carly Brantner | Season 6 Episode 7

    17-06-2025

    Combining Data & Making Effects Generalizable with Carly Brantner | Season 6 Episode 7

    Carly Brantner is an assistant professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University and Duke Clinical Research Institute. Resources from this episode: multicate: R package for estimating conditional average treatment effects across one or more studies using machine learning methods PCORnet® Front Door: Access point for potential investigators, patient groups, and other stakeholders to connect with PCORnet and get support for potential research studies Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PDOCR): De-identified data from 24 (and counting) PCORI-funded studies Follow along on Bluesky: Carly: @carlybrantner.bsky.social Ellie: @epiellie.bsky.social Lucy: @lucystats.bsky.social   🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    52 min
  3. The Art of Clarity with Andrew Heiss | Season 6 Episode 6

    29-05-2025

    The Art of Clarity with Andrew Heiss | Season 6 Episode 6

    Andrew Heiss is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Vincent's "What is your estimand" section in his {marginaleffects} book: https://marginaleffects.com/chapters/challenge.html#sec-goals_estimand Article on defining estimands: https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224211004187 Andrew's marginal effects post: https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2022/05/20/marginalia/ Andrew's post on "fixed effects" and mariginal effects across different disciplines: https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2022/11/29/conditional-marginal-marginaleffects/ Follow along on Bluesky: Andrew: @andrew.heiss.phd Ellie: @epiellie.bsky.social Lucy: @lucystats.bsky.social   🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    50 min
  4. Study Critique: What Went Wrong and How We'd Do It Differently | Season 6 Episode 5

    08-05-2025

    Study Critique: What Went Wrong and How We'd Do It Differently | Season 6 Episode 5

    In this episode Lucy and Ellie dig into a recently publicized paper, "Vaccination and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Study of Nine-Year-Old Children Enrolled in Medicaid", which has gained attention after being promoted by RFK Jr. as evidence that vaccines cause autism.    Ellie breaks down her Substack critique of the study. Together, she and Lucy discuss the methodological flaws and what a better version of this study might look like.   Vaccination and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Study of Nine-Year-Old Children Enrolled in Medicaid: https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/vaccination-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders-a-study-of-nine-year-old-children-enrolled-in-medicaid/ RFK Jr is promoting a new study claiming "vaccines cause autism" but it doesn't add up. Literally [Ellie's substack]: https://epiellie.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-promoting-a-new-study-claiming   Follow along on Bluesky: Ellie: @epiellie.bsky.social Lucy: @lucystats.bsky.social   🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    55 min
  5. From Model to Meaning with Vincent Arel-Bundock | Season 6 Episode 4

    24-04-2025

    From Model to Meaning with Vincent Arel-Bundock | Season 6 Episode 4

    Vincent Arel-Bundock is a professor at the Université de Montréal, where he studies comparative and international political economy. Vincent's website: https://arelbundock.com/ Vincent's book "Model to Meaning: How to Interpret Statistical Models With marginaleffects for R and Python": https://marginaleffects.com/     Follow along on Bluesky: Vincent: @vincentab.bsky.social Ellie: @epiellie.bsky.social Lucy: @lucystats.bsky.social     🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    45 min
  6. Propensity Scores, R Packages, and Practical Advice with Noah Greifer | Season 6 Episode 3

    10-04-2025

    Propensity Scores, R Packages, and Practical Advice with Noah Greifer | Season 6 Episode 3

    Noah Greifer is a statistical consultant and programmer at Harvard University. Episode notes: WeightIt package: https://ngreifer.github.io/WeightIt/ MatchIt package: https://kosukeimai.github.io/MatchIt/ Noah's awesome Stack Exchange post: https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/544958 Follow along on Bluesky: Noah: @noahgreifer.bsky.social Ellie: @EpiEllie.bsky.social Lucy: @LucyStats.bsky.social 🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    1u 22m
  7. Causal Assumptions and Large Language Models | Season 6 Episode 2

    27-03-2025

    Causal Assumptions and Large Language Models | Season 6 Episode 2

    Lucy and Ellie chat about large language models, chat interfaces, and causal inference. Do LLMs Act as Repositories of Causal Knowledge?: https://arxiv.org/html/2412.10635v1 Follow along on Twitter: The American Journal of Epidemiology: @AmJEpi Ellie: @EpiEllie Lucy: @LucyStats 🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade. Edited by Cameron Bopp.

    52 min
  8. Data Integration for Impact with Len Testa | Season 6 Episode 1

    28-02-2025

    Data Integration for Impact with Len Testa | Season 6 Episode 1

    Lucy chats with Len Testa about a recent analysis he did which combined over 150 publicly available data sources to answer a question about the affordability of Disney World. Len's Deep Dive Post on the Touring Plans Blog [Blog Post] Wall Street Journal Artcile, "Even Disney Is Worried About the High Cost of a Disney Vacation" [Article] Follow along on Bluesky: Len: @lentesta.bsky.social Ellie: @EpiEllie.bsky.social Lucy: @LucyStats.bsky.social 🎶 Our intro/outro music is courtesy of Joseph McDade

    45 min
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Keep it casual with the Casual Inference podcast. Your hosts Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray talk all things epidemiology, statistics, data science, causal inference, and public health. Sponsored by the American Journal of Epidemiology.

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    Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray
  • Jaren actief
    2019 - 2025
  • Afleveringen
    68
  • Beoordeling
    Veilig
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    © Lucy D'Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray
  • Website van aflevering
    Casual Inference

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