Causal inference and experimental design

Times and places

Date	Time	Location	Topic
10 Jan 2025	10 - 12	WZB B002/003	Intro
17 Jan 2025	9 - 1	WZB B002/003	Causality and causal inquiries
24 Jan 2025	9 - 1	WZB B002/003	Frequentist answer strategies
31 Jan 2025	9 - 1	WZB B002/003	Bayesian answer strategies
14 Feb 2025	9 - 1	WZB B002/003	Design and evaluation
21 Feb 2025	9 - 1	WZB B002/003	Topics 1
28 Feb 2025	9 - 1	WZB B002/003	Topics 2

AGNES page

Resources

• This syllabus: https://macartan.github.io/ci/syllabus.pdf

• All slides

  • Intro
  • Design declaration
  • Causality
  • Estimands and Identification
  • Frequentists inference
  • Bayesian inference
  • Experimental design
  • Design evaluation
  • Topics (Diff in Diff, RDD, IV, other)
  • Workflows

• Puzzles: https://macartan.github.io/ci/exercises.html

• Student survey