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POLSCI 688 - Selected Topics in Political Science

Winter 2022, Section 001 - Causal Inference II

Instruction Mode: Section 001 is In Person (see other Sections below)

Subject: Political Science (POLSCI)

Department: LSA Political Science

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Details

Credits:

1.5

Waitlist Capacity:

Advisory Prerequisites:

Graduate standing.

Repeatability:

May be repeated for credit.

Primary Instructor:

Quinn,Kevin Michael

Start/End Date:

Partial Term 1/5/22 - 2/22/22 (see other Sections below)

NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
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Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the social science and statistical literature on causal inference. Being a half-semester course, it necessarily provides selective coverage of key ideas in the voluminous literature on causation and causal inference. This class is differentiated from the Causal Inference I course in Political Science by its focus on the work of Judea Pearl and related approaches. Topics to be covered include: directed acyclic graphs and causal identification, the back-door criterion, the front-door criterion, instrumental variables, and relationships to the Neyman-Rubin framework. Prerequisites are POLSCI 599 and POLSCI 699, the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. In addition, a good grasp of the R language for statistical computing will be extremely useful for the problem sets.

Intended Audience:

Graduate students in social science disciplines

Class Format:

Lecture

Schedule

POLSCI 688 - Selected Topics in Political Science

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Section:

001 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

20633

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

12:30PM - 2:00PM

171 LORCH

Partial Term 1/5/22 - 2/22/22

Section:

002 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

21981

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

9:00AM - 12:00PM

2340 SEB

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

003 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

29767

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

1:00PM - 4:00PM

G160 AH

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

004 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

36044

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 7:00PM

2448 MH

Partial Term 1/5/22 - 2/22/22

Section:

005 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

36046

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

12:00PM - 2:00PM

2469 MH

Partial Term 3/7/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

006 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

36048

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

9:00AM - 12:00PM

2448 MH

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

007 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

36050

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

10:00AM - 11:30AM

3347 MH

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

008 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

36291

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

11:30AM - 1:00PM

3600 SKB

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

009 (DIS)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

36292

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

1:00PM - 2:00PM

2454 MH

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

010 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

37127

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

2:30PM - 5:30PM

2469 MH

1/5/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

011 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

37451

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

12:00PM - 2:00PM

3440 MH

Partial Term 1/5/22 - 2/22/22

Section:

012 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

37555

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 7:00PM

2448 MH

Partial Term 3/7/22 - 4/19/22

Section:

013 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

38491

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Open

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

1:00PM - 3:00PM

2454 MH

Partial Term 3/7/22 - 4/19/22

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