Monthly Archives: December 2013

DAG Blog Part 2: Identifying Confounders for Grief Effects

In this study, we are testing the hypothesis that bereavement causes poor mental health. There are lots of confounding factors, but after accounting for these confounders, our hypothesis states that there is still a causal effect. Our study is trying … Continue reading

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DAG Blog Part 1: Understanding Confounding

Epidemiology, the science of understanding disease, can offer much guidance to those wishing to understand how different people experience different levels of emotional hardship. As such, the Grief Study has been trying to keep pace with recent developments in one … Continue reading

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