Week 10 - Assessing Studies

Content for week of Monday, March 28, 2022–Friday, April 1, 2022

Overview

Two big picture ideas: internal validity and external validity. Specifically, we’re going to talk a little more about omitted variable bias, a lot about measurement error, and a little bit about simultaneity! ## Reading Guide

Chapter 9: Assessing Studies Based on Multiple Regression

SW 9.1 Internal and External Validity

Get those definitions, and threats to external validity

SW 9.2 Threats to Internal Validity of Multiple Regression Analysis

Five big threats. And how to handle them.

SW 9.3 Internal and External Validity When the Regression is Used for Forcasting

Optional - worth giving some thought

SW 9.4 Example: Test Score and Class Size

No new content, but this is a really good walk-through of the 9.1 and 9.2 content.

Last updated on March 21, 2022

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