Call for Research Assistants: Policy Research Laboratory Fall 2022 The Salem Center for Policy at McCombs is looking for outstanding, curious, and driven students to participate in the Policy Research Laboratory (PRL) in Fall 2022. Students will take a semester-long course in statistics, econometrics, and data science to learn the tools necessary for policy and […]
Beyond Exclusion: The role of the causal effect of testing on attendance on the day of the test
A Causal Inference Seminar with Magdalena Bennett. High-stake testing plays a crucial role in many educational systems, guiding policies of accountability, resource allocation, and even school choice. However, non-representative patterns of attendance can skew how useful these measures are for accomplishing their main objective. Are we really measuring the quality or performance of a school […]
Experimental Design for Studying Political Polarization
A Causal Inference Seminar with Alex Volfovsky (Duke). Join us in person at RRH 4.408 or via Zoom here. Social media sites are often blamed for exacerbating political polarization by creating “echo chambers” that prevent people from being exposed to information that contradicts their preexisting beliefs. In our first field experiment Democrats and Republicans followed […]