University of Bern
Professor: Mauricio Romero
- E-mail: mtromero@itam.mx
Exam: Friday, March 27, 2020, 10:15-11:45 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
Class project due on Friday, March 27, 2020, at 10:00.
Time and Location
| Weekday | Date | Start | End | Room |
| Monday | 17.02.2020 | 09:15 | 17:00 | Kursraum B -105, UniS |
| Tuesday | 18.02.2020 | 09:15 | 17:00 | Kursraum B -105, UniS |
| Wednesday | 19.02.2020 | 09:15 | 17:00 | Seminarraum A -119, UniS |
| Thursday | 20.02.2020 | 09:15 | 17:00 | Kursraum B -105, UniS |
| Friday | 21.02.2020 | 09:15 | 17:00 | Seminarraum A -124, UniS |
Slides
- Lecture 1- Introduction
- Lecture 2 – Power, Blocking, and Stratification
- Lecture 3 – Beyond the Basics (randomization inference, extensive vs intensive margin, and factorial designs)
- Lecture 4 – Treatment effect heterogeneity
- Lecture 5 – Spillovers
- Lecture 6 – Practical, theoretical, and ethical considerations
- Lecture 7 – Education RCTs
Code
- Code 01 – Basics of Power Calculations
- Code 02 – Simulated Power Curve
- Code 03 – Formula vs Simulated Power
- Code 04 – Simulated Power in a complicated scenario (Data)
- Code 05 – Randomization Inference
- Code 06 – Lee Bounds
Project/Homework
Here are the homework instructions
Here are the school_info, the student, and the school_data files
Assorted Links
- How to aggregate data from different experiments using Bayesian Hierarchical Models (BHM). A short blog that gets at the core of the intuition: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2014/01/21/everything-need-know-bayesian-statistics-learned-eight-schools/
- Some blogs on unconditional cash transfers (UCTs): Berk Özler 1, Berk Özler 2, Justin Sandefur, and Berk’s rejoinder to Justin’s blog
- Berk again on some ethical considerations for RCTs
- Randomization inference ado-file from Alwyn Young