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'''CS&SS 560, hierarchical modeling''' is important. Hierarchical models are the bread and butter for working with datasets that have community level variables and individual level variables, or that have longitudinal data. | '''CS&SS 560, hierarchical modeling''' is important. Hierarchical models are the bread and butter for working with datasets that have community level variables and individual level variables, or that have longitudinal data. | ||
'''CSSS564, Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences''' CS&SS 564 is very good. This may vary by the instructor/text, but in 2023 it was taught using R/Jags/Stan with a project and no tests; the content is a nice blend of mathematical and applied perspectives. There are a lot of online resources that accompany the text so you can learn/re-learn the material a few different ways. It's a fair amount of work because you are building familiarity with doing a lot of simulation and digging your hands into how models are working, but the pre-requisites are low; it's not brain-breaking, just some solid grinding and that takes time. Probably easier than 560 because you will review basics of probability, binomial model, etc. from the intro-sequence but in a Bayesian way. That said, the R is a bit more intense in 564 than it is in 560. | '''CSSS564, Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences''' CS&SS 564 is very good. This may vary by the instructor/text, but in 2023 it was taught using R/Jags/Stan with a project and no tests; the content is a nice blend of mathematical and applied perspectives. There are a lot of online resources that accompany the text so you can learn/re-learn the material a few different ways. It's a fair amount of work because you are building familiarity with doing a lot of simulation and digging your hands into how models are working, but the pre-requisites are low; it's not brain-breaking, just some solid grinding and that takes time. Probably easier than 560 because you will review basics of probability, binomial model, etc. from the intro-sequence but in a Bayesian way. That said, the R is a bit more intense in 564 than it is in 560. | ||
'''CSSS566, Causal Inference''' CS&SS 566 is good. It covers experimental, instrumental variable, and quasi-experimental designs, structural equation modeling, and DAGs. It takes a relatively philosophical and theoretical approach to causality and shows that common assumptions about causal identification can be wrong (e.g adding a variable to your model ''can'' introduce bias, in theory). | '''CSSS566, Causal Inference''' CS&SS 566 is good. It covers experimental, instrumental variable, and quasi-experimental designs, structural equation modeling, and DAGs. It takes a relatively philosophical and theoretical approach to causality and shows that common assumptions about causal identification can be wrong (e.g adding a variable to your model ''can'' introduce bias, in theory). |