Here’s your roadmap for the semester!
- Content (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the topic. Read and watch these first.
- Example (): This page contains fully annotated R code and other supplementary information that you can use as a reference for your assignments and project. This is only a reference page—you don’t have to necessarily do anything here. Some sections also contain videos of me live coding the examples so you can see what it looks like to work with R in real time. This page will be very helpful as you work on your assignments.
- Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment. Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the day they’re listed.
January 11–15
(Session 1) |
Evaluation and the causal revolution |
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January 19 |
Weekly check-in 1 |
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January 19 |
Problem set 1 |
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January 19–22
(Session 2) |
Regression and inference |
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January 25 |
Weekly check-in 2 |
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January 25 |
Problem set 2 |
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January 25–29
(Session 3) |
Theories of change and logic models |
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February 1 |
Weekly check-in 3 |
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February 1 |
Evaluation: Background and theory |
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February 1–5
(Session 4) |
Measurement and DAGs |
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February 8 |
Weekly check-in 4 |
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February 8 |
Evaluation: Measurement |
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February 8–12
(Session 5) |
DAGs and potential outcomes |
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February 15 |
Weekly check-in 5 |
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February 15 |
Evaluation: Causal model |
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February 15–19
(Session 6) |
Threats to validity |
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February 22 |
Weekly check-in 6 |
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February 22 |
Evaluation: Threats to validity |
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February 22–28 |
Exam 1 |
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February 22–26
(Session 7) |
Randomization and matching |
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March 1 |
Weekly check-in 7 |
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March 1 |
Problem set 3 |
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March 1–12
(Sessions 8–9) |
Difference-in-differences I + II |
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March 8 |
Weekly check-in 8 |
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March 8 |
Problem set 4 |
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March 22 |
Weekly check-in 9 |
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March 22 |
Problem set 5 |
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March 22–26
(Session 10) |
Regression discontinuity I |
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March 29 |
Weekly check-in 10 |
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March 29 |
Problem set 6 |
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March 29–April 2
(Session 11) |
Instrumental variables I |
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April 5 |
Weekly check-in 11 |
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April 5 |
Problem set 7 |
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April 5–9
(Session 12) |
Instrumental variables II + Regression discontinuity II |
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April 12 |
Weekly check-in 12 |
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April 12 |
Problem set 8 |
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April 12–18 |
Exam 2 |
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April 12–16
(Session 13) |
Choosing and planning ethical evaluations |
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April 19 |
Weekly check-in 13 |
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April 19 |
Problem set 9 |
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April 19–23
(Session 14) |
Ethics, stories, and curiosity |
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April 26 |
Weekly check-in 14 |
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April 26 |
Work session |
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May 3 |
Final project due (submit online by 11:59 PM) |
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