Schedule

Materials appear here as we reach them.

Unit 1 · Data

Week 1 — Data and measurement

Seminar Fri Aug 28 · Section Wed Sep 2

No seminar Fri Sep 4 (APSA). The discussion section still meets Wed Sep 9.

Week 2 — Describing empirical data

Seminar Fri Sep 11 · Section Wed Sep 16

Unit 2 · Probability

Week 3 — Probability and data-generating processes

Seminar Fri Sep 18 · Section Wed Sep 23

Week 4 — Expectation and the sample mean

Seminar Fri Sep 25 · Section Wed Sep 30

Unit 3 · Estimation and inference

Week 5 — Estimation and large samples

Seminar Fri Oct 2 · Section Wed Oct 7

Week 6 — Inference

Seminar Fri Oct 9 · Section Wed Oct 14

Fall Break, Sat Oct 10 – Tue Oct 13.

Week 7 — Midterm exam

In class, Fri Oct 16 · Section Wed Oct 21

Covers Weeks 1–6: data through inference.

Unit 4 · Linear regression

Week 8 — Linear regression I

Seminar Fri Oct 23 · Section Wed Oct 28

Week 9 — Linear regression II

Seminar Fri Oct 30 · Section Wed Nov 4

Week 10 — Linear regression III

Seminar Fri Nov 6 · Section Wed Nov 11

No seminar Fri Nov 13. The discussion section still meets Wed Nov 18.

Week 11 — Inference for regression

Seminar Fri Nov 20 · Section Wed Dec 2

Thanksgiving Break, Wed Nov 25 – Sun Nov 29: both meetings cancelled.

Week 12 — Presenting and interpreting results

Seminar Fri Dec 4 — last seminar