You may have seen a post last week from the Connecticut Chapter advertising their upcoming virtual course on Causal Modeling (a Council of Chapters traveling course). The Central Indiana Chapter will be hosting this same course the very same week! Flyers describing both courses are attached to this post. You may be wondering as to what the difference is between the two versions and asking yourself as to which course you should attend. The key differences between the versions of the course are highlighted below (note: all of the presenters are from the same research collaboration team). Pick the version that best fits your interest and schedule. If this leaves your confused or not sure, then contact either chapter via their email.
Sincerely-
Maggie Betz (President, Central Indiana Chapter)
Priya Kohli (President, Connecticut Chapter)
Central Indiana Chapter version (6-hour course)
Date: Part 1 - Wednesday, September 08, 2021, 9:00 AM – Noon EDT
Part 2 - Thursday, September 09, 2021, 9:00 AM – Noon EDT
Cost: $25 - Students
$35 - ASA Central Indiana Chapter members
$45 - Other ASA members / general admission
Registration: Central Indiana course
Instructors: Daniel F. McCaffrey (Associate VP, ETS)
Donna L. Coffman (Assistant Professor, Temple University)
Chapter contact: ASA.Central.Indiana@gmail.com
Course schedule:
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
09:00 – 10:15 Introduction to causal inference, potential outcomes, and propensity scores
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:15 GBM for propensity score estimation
11:15 – 12:00 Propensity score weighting in R - binary treatments
Thursday, September 09, 2021
09:00 – 09:30 Causal inference beyond two exposures
09:30 – 10:00 Propensity score weights - continuous exposures
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Alternatives for weight estimation - CBPS, entropy balancing
11:00 – 11:45 Omitted variable sensitivity analyses
11:45 – 12:00 Wrap-up
Connecticut Chapter version (4-hour course)
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Cost: $30 Students/Post-Docs
$30 ASA CT Member
$40 ASA Member
$50 non-ASA Member
Registration: Connecticut Chapter course
Instructors: Beth Ann Griffin (Senior Statistician, RAND Corporation)
Lane Burgette (Senior Statistician, RAND Corporation)
Chapter contact: ctchapterasa@gmail.com
Course schedule:
Friday, Sept 10
09:00 – 10:15 Introduction to causal inference, potential outcomes, and propensity scores
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 GBM for propensity score estimation
11:00 – 11:20 Alternatives for weight estimation - CBPS, entropy balancing, super learner
11:20 – 11:45 Omitted variable sensitivity analyses
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 12:55 Propensity score weighting in R - binary treatments
12:55 – 01:00 Wrap-up
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Ed Brizendine
Brizendine Statistics
Secretary, Central Indiana Chapter
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