Schedule

Warning

As this is a new course, the schedule may change throughout the semester to best accommodate your learning!

Topics

A list of topics we will cover can be found below. Note that topics may be subject to change.

• Potential Outcomes

• Causal Graphs

• Identification and Estimation

• Randomized Experiments

• Observational Studies

• Instrumental Variables

• Regression Discontinuities

• Difference-in-Differences

• Synthetic Controls

• Causal Machine Learning

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Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
01/27	01/28 Introduction [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 0 solutions WS 1 Survey 1	01/29 Tony 3-5pm	01/30 Simpson’s Paradox [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 1 Activity 1 solutions	01/31
02/03 Bhargavi 6-7pm WS 1 Survey 1	02/04 Potential Outcomes I [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 2 solutions WS 2	02/05 Tony 5-6pm Bhargavi 6-7pm	02/06 ❄️ Snow day ❄️ Tony 1-2pm (Zoom)	02/07
02/10 Tony 4-5pm (Zoom) Bhargavi 6-7pm WS 2	02/11 Potential Outcomes II [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 3 Tony 2-3pm Tony 5-6pm WS 3	02/12 Tony 3:30-4:30pm Bhargavi 6-7pm	02/13 Estimation [starter] slides [complete] slides [starter] plotting demo [complete] plotting demo Activity 3 solutions Tony 1-2pm	02/14
02/17 Bhargavi 6-7pm WS 3	02/18 Causal Graphs I [starter] slides [complete] slides [starter] live code [complete] live code Activity 4 Tony 2-3pm Tony 5-6pm	02/19 Tony 5-6pm Bhargavi 6-7pm	02/20 Causal Graphs II/Stratification [starter] slides [complete] slides [starter] live code [complete] live code Activity 5 Activity 5 solutions Tony 1-2pm Project 1	02/21
02/24 Bhargavi 6-7pm	02/25 Observational Studies I [starter] slides [complete] slides [starter] live code [complete] live code Activity 6 Activity 6 solutions Tony 2-3pm Tony 5-6pm	02/26 Tony 5-6pm Bhargavi 6-7pm	02/27 Observational Studies II [starter] slides [complete] slides Tony 1-2pm	02/28
03/03 Bhargavi 6-7pm Project 1	03/04 Regression [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 7 Activity 7 solutions Tony 2-3pm Tony 5-6pm WS 4 Survey 2	03/05 Tony 5-6pm Bhargavi 6-7pm	03/06 Propensity Scores [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 8 Activity 8 solutions Tony 1-2pm	03/07
03/10 WS 4 Survey 2	03/11 Matching [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 9 Project 2	03/12	03/13 Observational study wrap-up [starter] slides [complete] slides	03/14
03/17 - 3/23 🌼 Spring break 🌸
03/24	03/25 Vectorization, Ethics, Final Project [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 10 Activity 10 solutions Final Project	03/26	03/27 Quasi-Experiments [starter] slides [complete] slides WS 5	03/28
03/31 Project 2	04/01 Instrumental Variables I [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 11	04/02	04/03 Instrumental Variables II [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 12	04/04 Project 3 WS 5 Extended to 4/06
04/07 Final Project proposal	04/08 Regression Discontinuities I [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 13	04/09	04/10 Regression Discontinuities II [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 13 solutions	04/11
04/14	04/15 Diff-in-diff I [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 14 Project 3 WS 6	04/16	04/17 Diff-in-diff II [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 14 solutions	04/18
04/21 WS 6	04/22 Synthetic Control [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 15 Activity 15 solutions	04/23	04/24 Machine Learning for Causality [starter] slides [complete] slides Activity 16 Activity 16 solutions	04/25 Final Project checkpoint
04/28	04/29 BOOM: no class	04/30	05/01 Class presentations Survey 3	05/02
05/05	05/06 Class presentations and wrap-up Survey 3	05/07	05/08	05/09 Final Project Extended to 5/11