Statistical Workshops

Upcoming Courses

Endogeneity in Multilevel Models January 16th & 17th

  • 8 hour short workshop on endogeneity and multilevel modeling
  • Offered online through Hessian LLC
  • Closed enrollment

Modern DiD April 12-23, 2021

  • 40 hour workshop on basic and advanced topics in DiD and counterfactual estimation.
  • Offered online through the University of Milan.
  • Managed enrollment through University of Milan

Basic & Advanced Multilevel Modeling with R & Stan June 7-11, 2021

  • 40 hour workshop on advanced topics in multilevel modeling using R.
  • Varying topics based on student interest. See the 2020 syllabus here
  • Offered online through the GSERM Program
  • Open enrollment through GSERM

Multilevel Modeling II: Advanced Topics July 19 - August 13, 2021

  • 40 hour workshop on advanced topics in multilevel modeling
  • Focus on practical model specification, endogeneity, and the multilevel modeling checklist. See the 2020 syllabus here
  • Offered online through the ICPSR Summer Program
  • Open enrollment through the ICPSR Summer Program starting in February

Modern Difference-in-Difference

Topics

  • The Modern DiD Checklist
  • Understanding Your Data Structure
  • Pre-Trends Tests and Diagnostics
  • Group Comparability
  • Staggered Adoption & Complex Treatment Timing
  • Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
  • Interference & Spillover Effects

Survey Research Methods

Topics

  • Small Area Estimation
  • Multilevel Regression & Poststratification
  • Survey Augmentation
  • Multilevel Sample Selection Bias
  • Counterfactual Populations
  • The Distribution of The Multiverse in American Elections

Multilevel Modeling Theory

Topics

  • Thinking Through Grouping Structures
  • The Historical Development of Mixed Effects Models
  • The Historical Development of Panel Data Mixed Effects
  • The Many Interpretations of Random Effects
  • Inference In Multilevel Models
  • Counterfactual Estimation, DGP Modeling, and Clustered Data

Generalized Linear Mixed Effects

Topics

  • Random Effects Estimation & Approximation
  • Logit, Probit, and LPM
  • Categorical Choice Models
  • Ordered Choice Models
  • Event History Models
  • Count Models

Endogeneity in Multilevel Models

Topics

  • The Multilevel Modeling Checklist
  • Thinking Through Grouping Structures
  • Omitted Variable Bias
  • Selection Bias & Missing Data
  • Latent Dependency Structures
  • Measurement Error & Misspecification

Bayesian Multilevel Models

Topics

  • Classical vs Bayesian Multilevel Models
  • Model Fit & Comparison
  • Prior Selection
  • Modeling Time
  • Modeling Space
  • Modeling Networks
  • Model Diagnostics in Stan
  • MCMC