Schedule

Note: The timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.

week	date	topic	slides	appex	assignment	assessment	prepare
1	28 August	The whole game
1	30 August	Tech setup
2	4 September	What is a causal question?
2	6 September	Estimating counterfactuals
3	11 September	Causal Assumptions
3	13 September	Target trials
4	18 September	Causal Diagrams
4	20 September	Lab 01: Creating DAGs (virtual)
5	25 September	Preparing data to answer causal questions
5	27 September	Preparing data to answer causal questions
6	2 October	Building propensity score models
6	4 October	Estimating the propensity score
6	9 October	Lab 2: Propensity score models in R
6	11 October	Causal Estimands
7	16 October	Evaluating your propensity score model
7	18 October	Review
8	23 October	Midterm Exam
8	25 October	Midterm Overview
9	30 October	Estimating average treatment effects
9	1 November	Lab 3: Using propensity scores
10	6 November	Outcome Models
10	8 November	Causal quartets
11	13 November	G-computation
11	15 November	Sensitivity analyses
12	20 November	Lab 4: Putting it all together
12	22 November	Thanksgiving [No Class]
13	27 November	Final Project
13	29 November	Communicating causal results
14	4 December	Final Presentations
14	6 December	Final Presentations