4.8 Potential outcomes (multiple)
- Literature primarily considers two actions/treatment values
- Often ‘active’ action (Aspirin) vs. ‘passive’ action (No Aspirin)
- Often labelled treatment vs. control (just labels)
- Extension to multi-valued treatments is conceptually straightforward
- Treatment with several levels → several potential outcomes
- Q: What are social science examples for treatments with several levels?
- In this course we’ll focus on binary treatments…