Correlation/Causation Workshop Series

What Should Students Learn About Correlation and Causation?

This workshop invites participants to consider what it means for students to learn that correlation is not causation. On the basis of reports from a series of faculty roundtables held in Fall 2012, participants will discuss what concepts and standards of causation are used in their disciplines and what their students should learn about the relationship between causation and correlation. Participants will have the opportunity to work on a set of learning objectives related to the workshop topic.

Facilitator:

Andreas Broscheid

Biographical Sketch:

Andreas Broscheid is associate professor of political science at JMU. He teaches the general education U.S. Government course as well as political science research methods and a course on the U.S. judiciary. His research focuses on federal appellate courts in the U.S. Andreas has published in the journals Public Choice, European Union Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, and PVS. He has contributed chapters to books on business and government in the European Union and on research methods in political science. He has a forthcoming article in the Law & Society Review that investigates whether some federal appeals circuits are actually more liberal (or conservative) than others. Andreas received his Ph.D. in 2000 from Stony Brook University.