Class Schedule
Essential Information
- All classes: In person, no recordings
- Lectures: Discuss methods and code
- Lab Assignment: Guided Coding Exercises with RMarkdown Documents
- Answers discussed in Weekly Lab Sections
Schedule
Below is a preliminary schedule. Timing of lectures may adjust during the course.
| Course Week | Lecture 1 | Lecture 2 | Lab Assignment | Due Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Intro | Research Design & Causation | None this week | |
| 2 | No Class | No Class | Intro to Regression | |
| 3 | Identification & Experimentation | A/B Testing: Basics | Analyzing Field Experiments | |
| 4 | A/B Testing | Natural Experiments | A/B Testing | |
| 5 | Matching Methods | Diff in Diff | Group Assignment 1 | |
| 6 | No Class | Sentiment Analysis | Matching Methods | |
| 7 | Topic Models | Advanced Text Analytics | Sentiment Analysis | |
| 8 | TBA | TBA | Topic Models | Group Assignment 2 |