[2025 Spring] POLS GA 1251 Quant II

Announcements and Resources

Lecture Slides

Causal Identification and Statistical Inference Foundations

  • 1 introduction to causal effects and mechanisms [pdf]
  • 2 a primer on causal identification analysis with potential outcomes and DAGs [pdf]
  • 3 a primer on design-based statistical inference for descriptive quantities I [pdf]
  • 4 design-based statistical inference for descriptive quantities II [pdf]
  • 5 design-based statistical inference for causal quantities [pdf]

Observational Identification Strategies

  • 6 conditioning to identify causal effects [pdf]
  • 7 multiple regression [pdf]
  • 8 matching and weighting [pdf]
  • 9 instrumental variables basics [pdf]
  • 10 instrumental variables extensions [pdf]
  • 11 front door criterion [pdf]
  • 12 difference in differences for a single event [pdf]
  • 13 difference in differences for multiple events [pdf] [simulation PDF]
  • 14 synthetic control for one treated unit [pdf]
  • 15 generalized panel imputation methods [pdf]
  • 16 regression discontinuity introduction [pdf]
  • 17 regression discontinuity extensions [pdf]

Designing Experiments

  • 18 experimental design introduction [pdf]
  • 19 complex experimental designs [pdf]

Beyond Average Treatment Effects

  • 20 moderation and mediation effects [pdf]
  • 21 interference and spillover effects [pdf]
  • 22 multiple comparisons [pdf]
  • 23 missing data [pdf]

Homework Assignments

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