Image-based Confounding Dataset

Replication Data for: Integrating Earth Observation Data into Causal Inference: Challenges and Opportunities

Details: YandW_mat.csv contains individual-level observational data. In the dataset, LONGITUDE and LATITUDE refer to the approximate geo-referenced long/lat of observational units. Experimental outcomes are stored in Yobs. The treatment variable is stored in Wobs. The unique image key for each observational unit is saved in UNIQUE_ID.

Geo-referenced satellite images are saved in ./Nigeria2000_processed/%s_BAND%s.csv, where the first "%s" refers to the image key associated with each observation (saved in UNIQUE_ID in YandW_mat.csv) and BAND%s refers to one of 3 bands in the satellite imagery.

Code Link: https://github.com/cjerzak/causalimages-software/

Paper Reference: Connor T. Jerzak, Fredrik Johansson, Adel Daoud. Integrating Earth Observation Data into Causal Inference: Challenges and Opportunities. ArXiv Preprint, 2023. [PDF]