Course Materials
| Week | Date | Topic | Slides | Extra materials | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-30 | General introduction with four examples | Lecture 1 | Papers listed at the end of slides | — |
| 1 | 2026-10-02 | Potential outcome framework concepts | Lecture 2 | Papers listed at the end of slides | — |
| 2 | 2026-10-07 | Randomized experiment and Fisher’s exact p-value | Lecture 3 | — | — |
| 2 | 2026-10-09 | Fisher randomization inference: case study | Lecture 4 | R Example for Fisher randomization inference | — |
| 2 | 2026-10-11 | — | — | — | HW1 due at 11:59pm |
| 3 | 2026-10-14 | Neyman’s repeated sampling approach for completely randomized experiments | Lecture 5 | — | — |
| 3 | 2026-10-16 | Regression for completely randomized experiment | Lecture 6 | — | — |
| 4 | 2026-10-21 | Regression for completely randomized experiment (continued) | see above | R Example for regression analysis | — |
| 4 | 2025-10-23 | Stratified randomized experiments | Lecture 7 | — | — |
| 4 | 2026-10-23 | — | — | — | Quiz1 in class |
| 4 | 2026-10-25 | — | — | — | HW2 due at 11:59pm |
| 5 | 2026-10-28 | Stratified randomized experiments (continued) | — | case study on HOMEFOOD randomized trial | — |
| 5 | 2026-10-30 | Pairwise randomized experiments | Lecture 8 | R example for paired experiment | — |
| 6 | 2026-11-04 | Non-compliance and instrumental variables, part I | Lecture 9 | — | — |
| 6 | 2026-11-08 | — | — | — | project data selection due |
| 7 | 2026-11-11 | Non-compliance and instrumental variables, part II | Lecture 10 | R example on Job Search Intervention Study | — |
| 7 | 2026-11-15 | — | — | — | HW3 due at 11:59pm |