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Causal Blocks tests a small-town education claim

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An interactive demo lets visitors draw causal graphs and see what DoWhy estimates from data on 1,082 English towns.

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People learning causal inference with public data
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It reports DoWhy 0.14 estimates using backdoor adjustment with linear regression; graph combinations were pre-run with three 100-simulation refutation tests.

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The controls let visitors move blocks and draw, reverse, or remove arrows before comparing total and direct effects. The page says the displayed combinations were calculated in advance, with three refutation tests of 100 simulations each, and names DoWhy 0.14 with linear regression. Its source is an ONS 2023 dataset released under the Open Government Licence; cities and London are excluded.

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