Methods III: Explanation
Overview
Syllabus
Classes
1 - Review
2 - Framework for Explanation
3 - Field Experiments
4 - Survey and Lab Experiments
5 - Natural Experiments
6 - Instrumental Variables
7 - Discontinuities
8 - Difference-in-Differences
9 - Controlling for Confounding
10 - Matching
11 - Comparative Cases & Process Tracing
12 - Review & Frontiers
Project
Links
Class 1 - Review
This is a review week where we solidify the fundamentals of regression and its weaknesses.
Readings
Required
King, Keohane and Verba, Designing Social Inquiry, pp. 150 - 196 & 128 - 139
Lecture Slides