Computational Causal Inference at Netflix

1 · Netflix, Inc. · Aug. 11, 2020, 10:24 p.m.
Jeffrey Wong, Colin McFarlandEvery Netflix data scientist, whether their background is from biology, psychology, physics, economics, math, statistics, or biostatistics, has made meaningful contributions to the way Netflix analyzes causal effects. Scientists from these fields have made many advancements in causal effects research in the past few decades, spanning instrumental variables, forest methods, heterogeneous effects, time-dynamic effects, quantile effects, and much more. These methods can...