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Weak Instruments

An instrument is "weak" when it is only slightly correlated with the endogenous variable. Formally, the concentration parameter (a function of the first-stage coefficients and the covariance structure) is small. Under weak instruments:

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Licence
MIT
Source file
bhanneke/E2ER-project/blob/orgsci-mvp/skills/files/causal-inference/weak-instruments.md
Identifier
e2er/causal-inference/weak-instruments

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@software{e2ercontributors2026weakinstruments,
  title   = {Weak Instruments},
  author  = {E2ER contributors},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {E2ER skill. Persistent identifier planned},
  url     = {https://github.com/bhanneke/E2ER-project/blob/orgsci-mvp/skills/files/causal-inference/weak-instruments.md}
}
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Description

Data model
Discipline
Economics
Method family
Empirical (quantitative)
Design
Instrumental variables
Research stage
Research design
Contributors
E2ER contributors (Software, Methodology)
Usage
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Source
E2ER repository · skills/files · @3b91f0e
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skill:e2er/causal-inference/weak-instruments · JSON

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