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Different Forms of Unit-specific Quantity of Theoretical Estimand

The unit-specific quantity might be:

  • "Descriptive: the factual value that some variable actually would take for unit i in the absence of intervention;" e.g., YiY_{i}: "whether person i is employed ...
  • Causal: the value some variable would take if a treatment variable D was set to a particular value d, producing the potential outcome;" e.g., Yi(d)Y_{i}(d): "whether person i would be employed if they received job training)"
  • Causal Difference ("A difference in potential outcomes): the effect of job training on the employment of person i"
  • Caused by Multipel Variables: "An outcome that would be realized under intervention of more than one variable;" e.g.,
    • "A mediation claim about the outcome Yi(d,m)Y_{i}(d, m) that unit i would realize if the treatment were set to D=dD = d and some mediator were set to M=mM = m."
    • An interaction claim of "whether person i would be employed if they received job training and childcare."

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Updated 2021-12-14

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