Directed Acyclic Graph showing nodes and arrows representing causal relationships

DAGs: Your Visual Roadmap to Understanding Cause and Effect

Learn how to use DAGs (Directed Acyclic Graphs) as visual roadmaps for understanding causality. This post explains what DAGs are, how to read them, build them, and use them to spot confounding - with practical Python examples.

October 2025 · Saeed Mehrang