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:

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	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Session 1
January 11	Evaluation and the causal revolution
January 18	Weekly check-in 1 (submit by noon)
January 18	Problem set 1 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 2
January 18	Regression and inference
January 18	Weekly check-in 2 (submit by noon)
February 1	Problem set 2 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 3
January 25	Theories of change and logic models
January 25	Weekly check-in 3 (submit by noon)
February 1	Evaluation: Background and theory (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 4
February 1	Measurement and DAGs
February 1	Weekly check-in 4 (submit by noon)
February 8	Evaluation: Measurement (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 5
February 8	DAGs and potential outcomes
February 8	Weekly check-in 5 (submit by noon)
February 22	Evaluation: Causal model (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 6
February 15	Threats to validity
February 15	Weekly check-in 6 (submit by noon)
February 22	Evaluation: Threats to validity (submit by 11:59 PM)
Exam 1
February 22–March 1	Exam 1

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Session 7
February 22	Randomization and matching
February 22	Weekly check-in 7 (submit by noon)
February 29	Problem set 3 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 8
February 29	Difference-in-differences I
February 29	Weekly check-in 8 (submit by noon)
March 7	Problem set 4 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 9
March 7	Difference-in-differences II
March 7	Weekly check-in 9 (submit by noon)
March 21	Problem set 5 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 10
March 21	Regression discontinuity I
March 21	Weekly check-in 10 (submit by noon)
March 28	Problem set 6 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 11
March 28	Instrumental variables I
March 28	Weekly check-in 11 (submit by noon)
April 4	Problem set 7 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 12
April 4	Instrumental variables II + Regression discontinuity II
April 4	Weekly check-in 12 (submit by noon)
April 11	Problem set 8 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Exam 2
April 11–April 19	Exam 2

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Session 13
April 11	Choosing and planning ethical evaluations
April 11	Weekly check-in 13 (submit by noon)
April 18	Problem set 9 (submit by 11:59 PM)
Session 14
April 18	Ethics, stories, and curiosity
April 18	Weekly check-in 14 (submit by noon)

	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Final project
April 29	Final project due