Promoting young talent at the IFS: Advanced curriculum
are among the most relevant analysis methods in educational research due to the nested design of the data (learners in classes/schools). In the second workshop, held July 25-29, Dr. Julia Kretschmann , a [...] research associate at the University of Potsdam's Department of Quantitative Methods in Educational Sciences, explained causal inference and matching procedures in R. Estimating causal effects is a central [...] the topics and were also able to test their newly acquired knowledge directly in exercises on sample data sets. The advanced curriculum is part of the structured doctoral program at IFS, which pursues a …
