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13 May 2023

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Intro to the Bootcamp

This bootcamp is about doing applied social science research, with an emphasis on quantitative methods. For guidance on how to articulate your research question and determine the best way to answer it, check out the IDinsight Impact Measurement Guide.

Course Content

1. Intro to Stata 9 Topics | 7 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson Agenda and Dataset

Lesson 1: The Stata Interface (1): Stata Windows

Intro to Stata – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: The Stata Interface: Browse, List, Codebook

Intro to Stata – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Stata Syntax: Summarize, Help

Intro to Stata – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Stata Syntax: Tabulate

Intro to Stata – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Conditional Statements

Intro to Stata – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Generating Variables

Intro to Stata – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: .do Files

Intro to Stata – Quiz 7

2. Stata Best Practices 6 Topics | 5 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Principles of Writing Good .do Files (1)

Stata Best Practices – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Principles of Writing Good .do Files (2)

Stata Best Practices – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Macros

Stata Best Practices – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Loops

Stata Best Practices – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: bysort

Stata Best Practices – Quiz 5

3. Theory of Change 8 Topics | 6 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: What is Theory of Change? (1)

Theory of Change – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: What is Theory of Change? (2)

Theory of Change – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Why is a Theory of Change important?

Theory of Change – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: How to Make a Theory of Change?

Theory of Change – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Theory of Change Applications

Theory of Change – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Theory of Change Final Thoughts

Theory of Change – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Theory of Change Conclusion

4. Causal Inference 5 Topics | 4 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Defining Impact and Non-Experimental Designs

Casual Inference – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Randomized Evaluations

Casual Inference – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Quasi-Experimental Evaluations

Casual Inference – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Threats to Internal Validity

Casual Inference – Quiz 4

5. Process Evaluation Design 11 Topics | 9 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Goals of the Lesson

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Example Program: Farm to Market Alliance

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Farm to Market Alliance Theory of Change

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Farm to Market Alliance Critical Theory of Change Linkage

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: What is a Process Evaluation?

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: What you Can and Can’t Learn from a Process Evaluation

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Why do a Process Evaluation?

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 7

Lesson 8: How to do a Process Evaluation

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 8

Lesson 9: When to do a Process Evaluation

Process Evaluation Design – Quiz 9

Lesson 10: Wrap-Up

6. Statistical Inference 8 Topics | 7 Quizzes

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Intro to the lesson

Lesson 1: Why we do Statistical Inference

Statistical Inference – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: The Central Limit Theorem

Statistical Inference – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Testing a Hypothesis

Statistical Inference – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Steps to Testing for Equality of Means (1)

Statistical Inference – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Steps to Testing for Equality of Means (2)

Statistical Inference – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: One-Sample Hypothesis Tests in Stata

Statistical Inference – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests in Stata

Statistical Inference – Quiz 7

7. Sampling for Surveys 9 Topics | 8 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Simple Random Sampling

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Simple Random Sampling in Stata

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Sample Size Calculations

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Finite Population Correction

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Stratified Random Sampling

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Stratified Random Sampling in Stata

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Clustered Random Sampling

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 7

Lesson 8: Clustered Random Sampling in Stata

Sampling for Surveys – Quiz 8

8. Power Calculations 7 Topics | 6 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: What is Power? (1)

Power Calculations – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: What is Power? (2)

Power Calculations – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Components of Power: Alpha, Delta, and Sigma

Power Calculations – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Components of Power: N and Rho

Power Calculations – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Individual-Level Power Calculations in Stata

Power Calculations – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Clustered Designs in Stata

Power Calculations – Quiz 6

9. Designing Causal Evaluations 7 Topics | 6 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Simple Random Assignment

Designing Causal Evaluations – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Simple Random Assignment in Stata

Designing Causal Evaluations – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Comparing Random Assignments

Designing Causal Evaluations – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Balance Tests

Designing Causal Evaluations – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Stratified Random Assignment

Designing Causal Evaluations – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Clustered Random Assignment

Designing Causal Evaluations – Quiz 6

10. Collecting High Quality Data 6 Topics | 4 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Why High Quality Data is Important

Collecting High Quality Data – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: What Errors are we Worried About?

Collecting High Quality Data – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: What Leads to Errors and How to Mitigate Errors in Data Collection

Collecting High Quality Data – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Example with Data

Collecting High Quality Data – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Conclusion

11. Questionnaire Design 7 Topics | 6 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Deciding What to Measure

Questionnaire Design – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: The Survey Response Process: Comprehension

Questionnaire Design – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: The Survey Response Process: Retrieval

Questionnaire Design – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: The Survey Response Process: Judgement & Estimation and Response Mapping

Questionnaire Design – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Mitigating Social Desirability Bias

Questionnaire Design – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Tips for Creating a Robust Questionnaire

Questionnaire Design – Quiz 6

12. SurveyCTO 8 Topics | 4 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Introduction to Mobile Data Collection

SurveyCTO – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Working with SurveyCTO

SurveyCTO – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Building a Survey in SurveyCTO (1)

SurveyCTO – Exercise 1

Lesson 4: Building a Survey in SurveyCTO (2)

SurveyCTO – Exercise 2

Lesson 5: Encryption

Lesson 6: Collecting Data

Lesson 7: Downloading Data

14. Data Cleaning 8 Topics | 7 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: The Importance of Data Cleaning

Data Cleaning – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Folder Structure

Data Cleaning – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Data Preparation: Duplicates, Renaming, Labeling

Data Cleaning – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Data Preparation: New Data, Missing Data, Logic Checks

Data Cleaning – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Data Preparation: Creating Variables, De-Identifying Data

Data Cleaning – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Data Transformations: Appending, Merging

Data Cleaning – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Data Transformations: Reshaping, Collapsing

Data Cleaning – Quiz 7

15. Data Analysis 8 Topics | 7 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Linear Regression

Data Analysis – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Control Variables

Data Analysis – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Clustered Standard Errors

Data Analysis – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Panel Data Methods

Data Analysis – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Strata Fixed Effects

Data Analysis – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Data Analysis – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Pre-Analysis Plans

Data Analysis – Quiz 7

16. Data Visualization 8 Topics | 7 Quizzes

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Principles of Data Visualization

Data Visualization – Quiz 1

Lesson 2: Tips for Graphing in Stata

Data Visualization – Quiz 2

Lesson 3: Stata Graph Basics (1)

Data Visualization – Quiz 3

Lesson 4: Stata Graph Basics (2)

Data Visualization – Quiz 4

Lesson 5: Overlaying Graphs

Data Visualization – Quiz 5

Lesson 6: Bar Graphs

Data Visualization – Quiz 6

Lesson 7: Other Graphs

Data Visualization – Quiz 7

17. Cost Effectiveness Analysis 6 Topics

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Intro to the Lesson

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Impact

Lesson 3: Costs

Lesson 4: Reporting Results

Lesson 5: Example

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