Emile Durkheim, one of the founders of modern empirical social science, once stated that the comparative method is the only one that suits the social sciences. But Descartes already had reminded us that “comparaison n’est pas raison”, which means that comparison is not reason (or theory) by itself. This course provides an introduction and overview of systematic comparative … [Read more...] about Comparative Research Designs and Methods
Economics
Panel Data Analysis with R
In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to conduct Panel Data (Regression) Analysis. You will receive step-by-step instructions to analyze the 'RENTAL' dataset from 'Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach' by Wooldridge using R Studio. In this project, we will discuss three models namely, Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Fixed effects (FE) and Random … [Read more...] about Panel Data Analysis with R
Mediation Analysis with R
In this project, you will learn to perform mediation analysis in RStudio. The project explains the theoretical concepts of mediation and illustrates the process with sample stress detection data. It covers the distinction between mediation and moderation process, explains the selection criteria for a suitable mediator. The project describes the mediation process with … [Read more...] about Mediation Analysis with R
The Economics of AI
The course introduces you to cutting-edge research in the economics of AI and the implications for economic growth and labor markets. We start by analyzing the nature of intelligence and information theory. Then we connect our analysis to modeling production and technological change in economics, and how these processes are affected by AI. Next we turn to how technological … [Read more...] about The Economics of AI
Quantitative Text Analysis and Textual Similarity in R
By the end of this project, you will learn about the concept of document similarity in textual analysis in R. You will know how to load and pre-process a data set of text documents by converting the data set into a corpus and document feature matrix. You will know how to calculate the cosine similarity between documents and explore and plot the output of your calculation. … [Read more...] about Quantitative Text Analysis and Textual Similarity in R
