Gettin’ daggity with it: Using DAGs as Tools for Variable Selection

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Gettin’ daggity with it: Using DAGs as Tools for Variable Selection

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April 20, 2026 · 10:00 AM
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UNC Chapel Hill – Events Calendar

Ever pondered whether to include a variable in an analysis – is the variable necessary, will its inclusion/exclusion introduce bias in the analysis? Why is the variable important anyways – is it a mediator, a moderator and a confounder some combination of these??? This course introduces how to incorporate DAGs (Directed Acyclic Graphs) in analysis planning to help think through what variables to collect and use (or refrain from using) in an analysis. Topics include: Introducing the structure of

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