An overview of how key features of various observational and experimental research designs, and the designs themselves, reduce components of error in estimating causal effects.
2012 Lecture
Lecture 10 Video (2 hrs)
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2013 Section
2012 Section
2010 Lecture, selections assigned this year:
matchsetlkp2010.pdf Causal Quantities of Interest and Error Decomposition (44:35) Benefits of Major Research Designs (38:28)
