Merge branch 'main' into temporal-shenanigans

Author: jmafoster1

causal_testing/testing/estimators.py

@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ def estimate_ate(self) -> tuple[pd.Series, list[pd.Series, pd.Series]]:
         # Create an empty individual for the control and treated
         individuals = pd.DataFrame(1, index=["control", "treated"], columns=model.params.index)
 
+        # For Pandas version > 2, we need to explicitly state that the dataframe takes floating-point values
+        individuals = individuals.astype(float)
+
         # It is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL that these go last, otherwise we can't index
         # the effect with "ate = t_test_results.effect[0]"
         individuals.loc["control", [self.treatment]] = self.control_value