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Quantitative Methods Series

2021 Sociology Quantitative Methods Series

Program

Instructors

Dr. Ernesto Amaral

Dr. Mark Fossett

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)

July 29, 2021 (Thursday)
Workflow of Data Analysis – Dr. Fossett

Lecture

Additional material (compressed file)