Calendar for 500: Spring 2024
This website will disappear from public view sometime after June 1, 2024.
The end of semester page has more details.
May 2024
| LINK | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| – | 05-01 | Last Day for TA office hours |
| OSIA | 05-01 | Noon OSIA Review Form submitted twice to Canvas (once for each of your two assigned sets to review) |
| Project | 05-01 | Wednesday at noon for Karlo, Marie, Seth, Sam, and John Project Presentation slides and pre-presentation Abstract due to Shared Drive |
| Class 15 | 05-02 | 8:30 to 11 AM Project Presentations, Speakers 18-22 Karlo, Marie, Seth, Sam, and John |
End of Semester
- Final Project Submissions are due to Canvas at 9 AM on Monday 2024-05-06 from everyone regardless of when you give your project presentation.
- When prompted via email by the University (usually in late April), please visit https://webapps.case.edu/courseevals/ and complete the course evaluations before they close.
This Calendar serves as the final word on all deadlines, deliverables and class sessions.
Readings
During the course, we will read Paul Rosenbaum’s book Causal Inference (abbreviated PRR CI in what follows), which is available as an e-book or in paperback for under $15. Please obtain the book before our first class on 2024-01-18, and, if you can, read Chapters 1-3 as soon as possible.
Timing and Location
- All classes are held in Wolstein Research Building, Room 1217.
- Zoom recordings will be made available when possible.
- Classes 01, and 12-15 will begin at 8:30 AM and continue until 11:00 AM.
- Classes 02-11 will begin at 9:00 AM and continue until 11:00 AM.
Contact us at 500-help at case dot edu if you have any questions, once the class begins.
Office Hours
- Our teaching assistant, Leila Hojat, will hold office hours via Zoom on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5 to 6 PM, starting on 2024-01-22 and continuing through 2024-05-01.
- TA office hours are cancelled on 2024-03-11, 2024-03-13, 2024-04-01, 2024-04-03, 2024-04-08 (due to the eclipse) and 2024-04-17.
- Zoom details for Leila’s office hours are posted to our Shared Google Drive and as an announcement on Canvas.
- Dr. Love will hold office hours after class on Thursdays (11 AM to Noon). Just let him know during class if you want to speak with him afterwards.
- For more information about us, visit Contact Us.
January 2024
| LINK | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Class 01 | 01-18 | 8:30 to 11 AM Introduction, Treatments & Randomization Readings: (1) PRR CI through Chapter 2, From Sources: (2) Benson and Hartz 2000 |
| – | 01-22 | TA office hours begin and are held most Mondays and Wednesdays 5-6 PM. Zoom details on our Shared Google Drive and Canvas. |
| Lab 0 | 01-25 | Get R and RStudio installed/updated on your machine. Work through Lab 0, referring to the template and sketch. There’s nothing to turn in, but it will help with future labs. |
| Class 02 | 01-25 | 9 - 11 AM Observational Studies and Propensity Scores Readings: (1) PRR CI through Chapter 3, From Sources: (2) Abramson Chapter 2 From Sources: (3) McGowan blog post From Sources: (4) Bradford Hill 1965 |
February 2024
| LINK | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 1 | 02-01 | Lab 1 due to Canvas by the start of class |
| Class 03 | 02-01 | 9 - 11 AM Propensity Scores: Direct Adjustment and 1:1 Matching Discussion of Lab 1 Sketch Readings: (1) PRR CI through Chapter 4, From Sources: (2) Connors 1996, From Sources: (3) Gum 2001 |
| OSIA | 02-06 | Tuesday 9 AM: OSIA selections due via email to 500-help |
| Class 04 | 02-08 | 9 - 11 AM Propensity Scores: More on Matching with the Propensity Score Readings from Sources: (1) Austin and Mamdani 2006, From Sources: (2) Normand 2001, From Sources: (3) D’Agostino Jr 1998 |
| Lab 2 | 02-15 | Lab 2 due to Canvas by the start of class |
| Class 05 | 02-15 | 9 - 11 AM Propensity Scores: Getting More Comfortable Discussion of Lab 2 Sketch Readings: (1) PRR CI through Chapter 5, From Sources: (2) Ahmed et al 2012, From Sources: (3) Hirano and Imbens 2001 |
| Project | 02-20 | Tuesday 9 AM: Project Proposal Draft 1 due to Canvas |
| Class 06 | 02-22 | 9 - 11 AM Propensity Scores and Rubin’s Rules Announcement of which OSIA studies will be presented in class Discussion of Project Proposal Drafts Readings from Sources: (1) Rubin 2001, Skim from Sources: (2) Rubin 2004 and (3) Kubo 2020 |
| Lab 3 | 02-29 | Lab 3 due to Canvas by the start of class |
| Class 07 | 02-29 | 9 - 11 AM Propensity Scores and Sensitivity Analyses, The rhc Example Discussion of Lab 3 Sketch Readings: PRR CI through Chapter 6, From Sources: (2) Elbadawi 2021 (3) re-skim Connors 1996 |
March 2024
| LINK | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Project | 03-05 | Tuesday 9 AM: Project Proposal Draft 2 due to Canvas Complete project scheduling form. |
| Class 08 | 03-07 | Project Schedule, OSIA advice and catch-up Readings: (1) PRR CI Chapter 7 (Natural Experiments, etc.), From Sources: (2) Tanenbaum 2019 |
| No Class | 03-14 | CWRU Spring Break (3-11 through 3-15) TA office hours also cancelled, and 500-help will be closed. |
| OSIA | 03-20 | Wednesday 1 PM: Class 09 OSIA First Readers (Sid, Hala, Sriram) submit your 12-18 slides to our Shared Drive |
| OSIA | 03-21 | Thursday 7:30 AM: Class 09 OSIA Second Readers (Jesse, Aman, Marie) submit your 2-4 slides to our Shared Drive |
| Lab 4 | 03-21 | Lab 4 due to Canvas by the start of class |
| Class 09 | 03-21 | 9 - 11 AM OSIA (Sid/Jesse, Hala/Aman, Sriram/Marie) Discussion of Lab 4 Sketch Reading: PRR CI Chapter 8 (Replication, Resolution and Evidence Factors) |
| OSIA | 03-27 | Wednesday 1 PM: Class 10 OSIA First Readers (Morgan, Karlo and John) submit your 12-18 slides to our Shared Drive |
| OSIA | 03-28 | Thursday 7:30 AM: Class 10 OSIA Second Readers (Lydia, Miza and Chris) submit your 2-4 slides to our Shared Drive |
| OSIA | 03-28 | Thursday 9 AM: OSIA First Readers for Video Recordings Submit 12-18 slides and Video Recordings (.mp4, < 12 minutes) to Shared Google Drive: Aman, Ava, Chris, Jesse, Justin, Lent, Lydia, Marie, Miza, Naji, Orsino, Sam and Sara |
| Class 10 | 03-28 | 9 - 11 AM OSIA (Morgan/Lydia, Karlo/Miza, John/Chris) Reading: PRR CI Chapter 9 (Uncertainty and Complexity) |
Early April 2024
| LINK | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| – | 04-01 | Monday TA office hours are cancelled |
| Project | 04-02 | Tuesday 9 AM: Project Update due to Canvas |
| – | 04-03 | Wednesday TA office hours are cancelled |
| OSIA | 04-03 | Wednesday 1 PM: Class 11 OSIA First Readers (Anya, Akhil and Seth) submit your 12-18 slides to our Shared Drive |
| OSIA | 04-04 | Thursday 7:30 AM: Class 11 OSIA Second Readers (Lent, Sara and Ava) submit your 2-4 slides to our Shared Drive |
| OSIA | 04-04 | Thursday 9 AM: OSIA Second Readers for Video Recordings Submit 2-4 slides and Video Recordings (.mp4, < 3 minutes) to Shared Google Drive: Akhil, Anya, Hala, Jesse, John, Justin Karlo, Morgan, Naji, Orsino, Sam, Seth, Sid and Sriram |
| Class 11 | 04-04 | 9 - 11 AM OSIA (Anya/Lent, Akhil/Sara, Seth/Ava) Project Update discussion Reading: PRR CI finish book |
| – | 04-08 | Monday TA office hours are cancelled in light of the eclipse |
| Project | 04-10 | Wednesday at noon for Jesse, Akhil, Morgan, Orsino, and Sriram Project Presentation slides and pre-presentation Abstract due to Shared Drive |
| Class 12 | 04-11 | 8:30 to 11 AM Project Presentations, First Five Speakers Jesse, Akhil, Morgan, Orsino, and Sriram |
| – | 04-17 | Wednesday TA office hours are cancelled |
| Project | 04-17 | Wednesday at noon for Ava, Lent, Justin, Anya and Sara Project Presentation slides and pre-presentation Abstract due to Shared Drive |
| Class 13 | 04-18 | 8:30 to 11:00 AM Project Presentations, Speakers 6-10 Ava, Lent, Justin, Anya and Sara |
| Project | 04-23 | Wednesday at noon for Naji, Chris, Aman, Sid, Hala and Lydia Project Presentation slides and pre-presentation Abstract due to Shared Drive |
| Class 14 | 04-25 | 8:30 to 11:10 AM Project Presentations, Speakers 12-17 Naji, Chris, Aman, Sid, Hala and Lydia |