Schedule
Below is the schedule for the semester with the reading, tutorials, and problem sets/exams due in each week of course. You can find the lecture videos under the “Materials” links for that week. You should generally:
- watch the lecture videos and complete the readings by Monday;
- complete the tutorials by Monday evening at 11:59pm; and
- submit the problem set or exam by Wednesday at 11:59pm.
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Tutorials | Assignment | Materials |
| 0 | Sep 2 | Introduction | QSS 1.1-1.4 | QSS Tutorial 0 | PS 0 | |
| 1 | Sep 7 | Causality: Randomized Experiments | QSS 2.1-2.4 | QSS Tutorial 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 14 | Causality: Observational Studies | QSS 2.5-2.6 | QSS Tutorial 2 | PS 1 | |
| 3 | Sep 21 | Measurement: Descriptive Statistics | QSS 3.1-3.3 | QSS Tutorial 3 | ||
| 4 | Sep 29 | Measurement: Sampling & Bivariate Statistics | QSS 3.4-3.6 | QSS Tutorial 4 | PS 2 | |
| 5 | Oct 5 | Prediction: Elections & Regression | QSS 4.1-4.2.3 | QSS Tutorial 5 | ||
| 6 | Oct 12 | Prediction: More Regression | QSS 4.2.4-4.2.6 | PS 2 (Tidy) | ||
| 7 | Oct 19 | Prediction: Interactions & Nonlinearities | QSS 4.3 | QSS Tutorial 6 | Exam 1 | |
| 8 | Oct 26 | Probability: Basics | QSS 6.1-6.2 | QSS Tutorial 7 | ||
| 9 | Nov 2 | Probability: Random Variables & Large Samples | QSS 6.3-6.4 | QSS Tutorial 8 | PS 3 | |
| 10 | Nov 9 | Inference: Estimation | QSS 7.1 | QSS Tutorial 9 | ||
| 11 | Nov 16 | Inference: Hypothesis Testing | QSS 7.2 | QSS Tutorial 10 | ||
| 12 | Nov 23 | Inference: Uncertainty in Regression | QSS 7.3 | PS 4 | ||
| 13 | Nov 30 | Review and Wrap-up | ||||
| -- | Dec 7 | No meetings: Exam and Final Projects | Exam 2 |
NOTE: Exam 2 is due on Monday, December 7th.
Final project dates
| Milestone | Due Date |
|---|---|
| Proposal | Wed, Oct 28th 11:59pm ET |
| Draft Analyses | Wed, Nov 18th 11:59pm ET |
| Final Report | Mon, Dec 14th 11:59pm ET |