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Rubin causal model

The Rubin Causal Model is like a super-powered science experiment. It helps explain how two different things can be related to each other, like how taking medicine could change your health. In a Rubin Causal Model experiment, you would give one group of people the medicine and another group of people a placebo (a fake pill that doesn't do anything). Then, you would look to see how the two groups are different. If the people taking the real medicine are healthier than the placebo group, it's likely that the medicine is having an effect. That's because the two groups were the same to start with, but how they ended up was different because of the medicine. The Rubin Causal Model helps us figure out if two things are actually connected or not.
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