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PE4PS: Prog Eval 4 Public Service



Program evaluation resources for those teaching or conducting evaluations in R.




Lecture Handouts

  • Regression Review Assessment [ pdf ]
  • Common Statistics Notation [ pdf ]
  • Anscomb's Quartet [ pdf ]
  • Omitted Variable Bias Calculation
  • Seven Sins of Regression [ pdf ]
  • Marginal Effects in Quadratic Model [ pdf ]
  • Dummy Variables with Interactions [ pdf ]
  • A Taxonomy of Control Variables [ pdf ]

Regression Tutorials in R

Creating Nice Tables in RMD

  • stargazer cheatsheet [tutorial]
  • xtable gallery [pdf]
  • equatiomatic package: turn models objects into markdown equations [vignette]

Useful R Packages for Regression

  • stargazer: nice regression tables
  • plm: panel linear models
  • coefplot: create coefficient plots
  • dplyr: data wrangling
  • pander: formatting tables
  • xtable: formatting tables

Reference Texts

  • OpenIntro Statistics Textbook [pdf]
    • CH-08 Intro to Regression
  • OpenStax free Introductory Statistics textbook [link]
    • Good review of core topics in intro statistics:
    • Chapter 1 – Sampling Data
    • Chapter 2 – Descriptive Statistics
    • Chapter 8 – Confidence Intervals
    • Chapter 9 – Hypothesis Testing with One Sample
    • Chapter 10 – Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples
    • Chapter 12 – Linear Regression and Correlation
  • Intro to Stats review in R [ teacup giraffe textbook ]
  • Discovering Statistics in R [@amazon]
    • Comprehensive guide to using R for a variety of statistical models
  • Real Stats: Using Econometrics for Political Science and Public Policy [@amazon]
    • Regression models from a causal inference and evaluation perspective





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