Week 9: Quantitative Causal Inference: Causal Instrumental Variables
- Key Readings: Causal Instrumental Variables and Interventions (pp. 973-76) (PDF); Econometric methods and Reichenbach’s principle (Notes)
- Optional: Answering causal questions using observational data
- Background: An introduction to instrumental variables
- Time: September 2, Friday, 8PM (ET)
- Key Readings: Causal Instrumental Variables and Interventions (pp. 973-76) (PDF); Econometric methods and Reichenbach’s principle (Notes)
Week 7: Conceptual Issues in Quantitative Causal Inference: A Case Study on Race III
- Key Reading: Discrimination and Health Inequilities (pdf)
- Time: August 11th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)
Week 6: Conceptual Issues in Quantitative Causal Inference: A Case Study on Race II
- Key Reading: Causal Effects of Perceived Immutable Characteristics (PDF)
- Time: August 4th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)
Week 5: Conceptual Issues in Quantitative Causal Inference: A Case Study on Race I
- Key Reading: Signal Manipulation and the Causal Analysis of Racial Discrimination (PDF)
- Background readings: (i) Sen, Maya and Omar Wasow (2016). Race as a Bundle of Sticks; (ii) Greiner, D James and Donald B. Rubin (2011). Causal Effects of Perceived Immutable Characteristics. (iii) Holland, P. W. (2008). Causation and race.
- Time: July 28th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)
- Notes and proposal
Week 4: Causal Inference: The Qualitative Tradition (II)
- Readings: (i) “Strategies of Causal Assessment in Comparative Historical Analysis” (pdf); (ii) “Copying and Learning from Outsiders? Assessing Diffusion from Transnational Insurgents in the Chechen Wars” (pdf)
- Time: July 21th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)
Week 3: Causal Inference: The Qualitative Tradition (I)
- Readings: (i) “The Role of Case Study Research in Political Science: Evidence for Causal Claims“; (ii) Process Tracing: From Metaphor to Analytical Tool, Ch.1
- Time: July 14th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)
Week 2: Concept Formation and Measurement: A Case Study on Well-Being
- Readings: A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being, (1) Introduction (pp.xix-xli); (2) Appendices A&B; (3) Ch. 2; (4) Ch.5.4 & Ch.6
- Time: July 7th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)
Week 1: Concept Formation and Measurement: A Survey
- Readings: A Tale of Two Cultures, Ch,10-13
- Time: June 30th, Thursday, 8pm (ET)