HUDM 5130 META-ANALYSIS

Spring Semester (2013, 2015, 2017, etc)

Prerequisite: HUDM 5122 or permission of instructor. Methods for conducting a quantitative research synthesis using meta-analysis, including problem formulation, conducting a literature search, data evaluation, effect size coding, data analysis, and reporting the results.Focuses on statistical methods for summarizing the effects found in a study (effect sizes) and for combining the results of these studies under different models (meta-analysis).

HUDM 5133 CAUSAL INFERENCE FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION

Occasionally

Prerequisite: HUDM 5122 or permission of instructor. Causal inference methods for program evaluation, including a discussion of validity, the counterfactual model, and the importance of randomized experiments, as well as methods for analyzing data from observational studies using non-equivalent control group designs based on the propensity score, and brief introductions to instrumental variables and regression discontinuity designs.

HUDM 5126 LINEAR MODELS AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Offered every fall, I teach it occasionally

Prerequisite: HUDM 4125. Introduction to the theory and application of linear regression using calculus and matrix algebra.  Focus on multiple regression models including dummy variables and polynomial models, regression diagnostics, and advanced methods such as weighted least squares, multilevel models, and an introduction to the generalized linear model.