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What covariate adjustment can and cannot do

The questions ask you to screen a specification and say what the adjustment is doing, rather than to restate a rule. Which covariates are admissible comes back readily; the reflex to treat controls as a remedy for a broken design is what needs unlearning.

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  • Justify a covariate adjustment in an experiment

    Given an experiment and a proposed regression, the learner can say what adjustment contributes, judge whether the covariates are admissible, and state what the specification cannot repair.

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