Schedule

Here’s your roadmap for the semester!

• Content (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the week. Read and watch these before our in-person class.

• 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. Weekly reports are due by noon on the day of class (so I can read them before class). Other assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the day they’re listed.

tl;dr: You should follow this general process for each session:

• Do everything on the content page ()
• Complete the assignment () while referencing the example ()

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Evaluation and causation

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Session 1
January 16	Evaluation and the causal revolution
January 23	Weekly check-in 1  (submit by noon)
January 23	Problem set 1  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 2
January 23	Regression and inference
January 23	Weekly check-in 2  (submit by noon)
January 30	Problem set 2  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 3
January 30	Theories of change and logic models
January 30	Weekly check-in 3  (submit by noon)
February 6	Evaluation: Background and theory  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 4
February 6	Measurement and DAGs
February 6	Weekly check-in 4  (submit by noon)
February 13	Evaluation: Measurement  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 5
February 13	DAGs and potential outcomes
February 13	Weekly check-in 5  (submit by noon)
February 20	Evaluation: Causal model  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 6
February 20	Threats to validity
February 20	Weekly check-in 6  (submit by noon)
February 27	Evaluation: Threats to validity  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Exam 1
February 27–March 7	Exam 1

Tools and methods

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Session 7
February 27	Randomization and matching
February 27	Weekly check-in 7  (submit by noon)
March 6	Problem set 3  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 8
March 6	Difference-in-differences I
March 6	Weekly check-in 8  (submit by noon)
March 13	Problem set 4  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 9
March 13	Difference-in-differences II
March 13	Weekly check-in 9  (submit by noon)
March 27	Problem set 5  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 10
March 27	Regression discontinuity I
March 27	Weekly check-in 10  (submit by noon)
April 3	Problem set 6  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 11
April 3	Instrumental variables I
April 3	Weekly check-in 11  (submit by noon)
April 10	Problem set 7  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 12
April 10	Instrumental variables II + Regression discontinuity II
April 10	Weekly check-in 12  (submit by noon)
April 17	Problem set 8  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Exam 2
April 17–April 25	Exam 2

Applied evaluation

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Session 13
April 17	Choosing and planning ethical evaluations
April 17	Weekly check-in 13  (submit by noon)
April 24	Problem set 9  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 14
April 24	Ethics, stories, and curiosity
April 24	Weekly check-in 14  (submit by noon)

Final things

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
#TidyTuesday
April 24	Final deadline for #TidyTuesday creation  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Final project
May 5	Final project due  (submit by 11:59 PM)