Quantitative Methods Series
2021 Sociology Quantitative Methods Series
Instructors
Teaching assistants
Email Peggy Carris (psm936@tamu.edu) or Luz Cisneros (ccisneros@tamu.edu) to be added to our email distribution list (for meeting invites) and to gain access to the online resources.
Zoom link
https://tamu.zoom.us/j/94955908878?pwd=ell3M0tVY0VSR2pSYkRHSTY5WWRwQT09
Meeting ID: 949 5590 8878
Passcode: sociology
Google Drive folder
The material for this quantitative methods series will be uploaded under each topic listed below. It also will be available in this Google Drive folder for further convenience.
Schedule
Sessions will run from 1:00–2:30pm CT on the dates listed below.
July 13, 2021 (Tuesday)
Analysis using Survey Weights – Dr. Amaral
Lecture
DO-file to replicate examples from this lecture
Additional material to replicate examples from this lecture
July 15, 2021 (Thursday)
Ordinary Least Squares Regression – Dr. Amaral
Lecture
DO-file to replicate examples from this lecture
Additional material to replicate examples from this lecture
July 20, 2021 (Tuesday)
Ordered Logit and Fractional Regression – Dr. Fossett
Lecture
Notes about ordered logit regression
Stata help about ordered logistic regression
Stata help about multinomial logistic regression
Additional material about ordered logit regression (compressed file)
Notes about fractional regression and related estimation procedures
Paper by Papke and Wooldridge (1996) about fractional response variables
Paper by Papke and Wooldridge (2008) about panel data methods for fractional response variables
Stata help about fractional response regression
Additional material about fractional regression (compressed file)
July 27, 2021 (Tuesday)
Path Analysis and Structural Equation Models (SEM) – Dr. Fossett
Lecture
Causal analysis I by McClendon (2002)
Causal analysis II by McClendon (2002)
The estimation of causal effects from observational data by Winship and Morgan (1999)
Additional material (compressed file)