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Content (): This page contains the readings and other materials for the class.
Slides (): Each of these icons will link to my slides, once I post them on Canvas.
Assignments (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment. Reading reactions are due by 11:55 PM before the day of class. Other assignments are due by 11:55 PM on the day they’re listed.

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	Title	Content	Slides	Assignment
Evaluation and the causal revolution
September 28	Class (in-person) No reading reaction required
October 1	Survey 1 (submit by 23:55:00)
Theory of Change
October 2	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 3	Class (in-person)
October 8	Milestone 1
Measurement
October 4	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 5	Class (in-person)
Data collection and research ethics
October 9	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 10	Class (in-person)
October 15	Milestone 2 (submit by 23:55:00)
The fundamental problem of causality
October 11	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 12	Class (in-person)

	Title	Content	Slides	Assignment
Review and extension of applied statistics
October 16	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 17	Class (in-person)
Experimental evaluations
October 18	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 19	Class (in-person)
October 22	Data-analytic memo 1 (submit by 23:55:00)
Threats to internal validity
October 23	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 24	Class (in-person)
Sampling and sample size
October 25	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 26	Class (in-person)
October 29	Data-analytic memo 2 (submit by 23:55:00)
Qualitative and mixed methods
October 30	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
October 31	Class (in-person)
Linear regression, matching, and “big data”
November 1	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 2	Class (in-person)
Instrumental variables
November 5	Survey 2 (submit by 23:55:00)
November 6	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 7	Class (in-person)
Regression discontinuity
November 8	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 9	Class (in-person)
November 12	Data-analytic memo 3 (submit by 23:55:00)
Difference-in-difference
November 13	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 14	Class (in-person)
Fixed effects and panel data
November 15	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 16	Class (in-person)
November 19	Data-analytic memo 4 (submit by 23:55:00)

	Title	Content	Slides	Assignment
In-class exam
November 21	In-class exam No reading reaction required

	Title	Content	Slides	Assignment
No class
November 23	No class Thanksgiving break
Aggregating evidence, cost-effectiveness, and generalizability
November 27	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 28	Class (in-person)
Open science and multiple hypothesis testing
November 29	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
November 30	Class (in-person)
December 3	Milestone 3 (submit by 23:55:00)
Learning with practitioners
December 4	Reading reaction (submit by 23:55:00)
December 5	Class (in-person)