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   - Causal inference: Can infrastructure investment help fight poverty?
   - Prediction: Which communities need the most aid right now?


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# Summary

There are **3 main purposes** of data analysis:
1. .hi-turquoise[**Descriptive analysis:**] Characterize observed patterns among variables.
2. .hi[**Causal inference:**] Learn how Y changes as a result of actively changing X.
3. .hi-purple[**Prediction:**] Predict the value of one variable from other information.

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