diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4e8e65b..e62046c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Thu, Feb 15 | [Qualitative analysis in the age of LLMs](pages/feb15-coding-with- Tue, Feb 20 | [Project proposal presentations](pages/feb20-proposals.md) | [slides](slides/10-proposals.pdf) Thu, Feb 22 | [Types of errors in probability survey research](pages/feb22-surveys-pt1.md) | [slides](slides/11-survey-design-pt1.pdf) Tue, Feb 27 | [Questionnaire design and multi-item scales](pages/feb27-surveys-pt2.md) | [slides](slides/12-survey-design-pt2.pdf) -Thu, Feb 29 | Experimental design | +Thu, Feb 29 | [Experimental design](pages/feb29-causal-relationships.md) | [slides](slides/13-experiments-pt1.pdf) ~~Tue, Mar 5~~ | ~~Spring break, no class~~ | ~~Thu, Mar 7~~ | ~~Spring break, no class~~ | Tue, Mar 12 | Experimental design (part III) | diff --git a/assets/images/13-experiments-pt1.jpg b/assets/images/13-experiments-pt1.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad36f3f Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/13-experiments-pt1.jpg differ diff --git a/pages/feb29-causal-relationships.md b/pages/feb29-causal-relationships.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4db0b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/feb29-causal-relationships.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +## L13: Experimental Design Part I - Causal Relationships ([pdf](../slides/13-experiments-pt1.pdf), [video]()) + +[![Lecture13-Experiments](../assets/images/13-experiments-pt1.jpg)](../slides/13-experiments-pt1.pdf) + +This lecture is the first part of a series on designing experiments. We discussed what it means for something to be a "cause" or an "effect," the three ingredients needed for establishing a causal relationship, and how experiments as a research method match the characteristics of causal relationships very well. + +We also discussed within-vs-between subjects designs and their trade-offs. + + +### Lecture Readings + +> Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference. Wadsworth Publishing. + +The discussion of cause as an *inus condition* -- "insufficient but nonredundant part of an unnecessary but sufficient condition" -- follows Chapter 1 from the book (Experiments and generalized causal inference). + + diff --git a/slides/13-experiments-pt1.pdf b/slides/13-experiments-pt1.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c08672 Binary files /dev/null and b/slides/13-experiments-pt1.pdf differ