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| Video Links | Downloads | |
| Introduction and Welcome | ||
| Session 1 | Session 1A - Getting Started, Import Data | ZIP-Archive Session 1 - 4 |
| Session 1B - Merging & Appending | containing data, do-files, PowerPoint slides, | |
| and assignments/exercises. | ||
| Session 2 | Session 2A - Basic Data Management | |
| Session 2B - Labelling variables, egen | ||
| Session 3 | Session 3A - Descriptive Statistics I | |
| Session 3B - Loops (intermediate difficulty level) | ||
| Session 3C - Weights | ||
| Session 4 | Session 4A - Descriptive Statistics II (Graphs) | |
| Session 4B - Descriptive Statistics II (More Graphs) | ||
| Session 4C - Descriptive Statistics II (Even more ) |
| Introduction to Session 5 - 8 | ||
| Session 5 | Session 5A - The Concept of Factor & Cluster Analysis? | ZIP-Archive Session 5 - 8 |
| Session 5B - PCA & Factor Analysis | containing data, do-files, PowerPoint slides, | |
| Session 5C - PCA & Factor Analysis (continued) | and assignments/exercises. | |
| Session 5D - Cluster Analysis | ||
| Session 5E - Cluster Analysis (continued) | ||
| Session 6 | Session 6A - The Concept of Linear Regression (Part 1) | |
| Session 6B - The Concept of Linear Regression (Part 2) | ||
| Session 6C - Ordinary Least Squares Regression | ||
| Session 6D - Heteroskedasticity | ||
| Session 7 | Session 7A - The Concept of Panel Data | |
| Session 7B - Panel Data in Stata | ||
| Session 7C - Panel Data (continued) | ||
| Session 8 | Session 8A - The Concept of Difference-in-Differences | |
| Session 8B - Difference-in-Differences (Basics) | ||
| Session 8C - Difference-in-Differences (Placebo Test) | ||
| Session 8D - Difference-in-Differences (Common Trends) |
| This third section of this class is optional for BA students. MA students should work through one or two topics. | ||
| Introduction to Session 9 - 11 (Thoughts on your term paper) | ||
| Session 9 | Session 9A - The Concept of Categorical Dependent Variables | ZIP-Archive Session 9 - 11 |
| Session 9B - Binary Dependent Variables | containing data, do-files, PowerPoint slides, | |
| Session 9C - Ordinal Dependent Variables | and assignments/exercises. | |
| Session 10 | Brilliant introduction to Synthetic Control by Kevin Grier | |
| Session 10A - The Concept of SCM | ||
| Session 10B - Synthetic Control Example | ||
| Session 10C - Synthetic Control in Stata | ||
| Session 10D - Synthetic Control in Stata (continued) | ||
| Session 10E - Synthetic Control in Stata (Placebo Test) | ||
| Session 11 | Introduction to IV by Ben Lambert | |
| Session 11 - The Concept of Instrumental Variables | ||
| Session 11 - Instrumental Variables in Stata | ||
| Additional interesting topics that are not part of this class | ||
| Regression Discontinuity Design | ||
| Overview over Quasi-Experimental Methods | ||