Research Methods in Applied Economic Analysis
A Workshop for Students, Sponsored by the Montana State University Initiative for Regulation and Applied Economic Analysis
Friday, September 8, 2017 9am-5pm
Are you interested in understanding how research can generate evidence to better understand
and improve the world?
Do you want to build your research skills? Do you want to work on faculty-led research
projects at MSU?
Attend the Research Methods in Applied Economic Analysis Workshop!
Learn about the research process from practitioners working in a wide array of areas, from using big data in Silicon Valley, to gathering and analyzing data for the U.S. Census Bureau, to using research in private investment management and consulting companies, to assessing the impact of policy and programs for injured Montana workers.
Student participants will be asked to come prepared for the workshop by thinking about a research question or topic that they are interested in and by studying a short reading in preparation for the workshop. The workshop will include lots of time for Q&A as well as breakout sessions that partner small groups of students with workshop presenters and other faculty researchers to talk more in-depth about individual research ideas and questions, about opportunities to engage in research here at MSU, and about graduate school as a way to further improve their research skills.
Research Methods
in Applied Economic Analysis
A Workshop Sponsored by the Montana State University Initiative for Regulation and Applied Economic Analysis
Friday, September 8, 2017
9:00 am |
LINH 406 |
Welcome and IntroductionsWendy Stock, Montana State University |
9:30 am |
LINH 406 |
Silicon Valley Experimentation: Big Data and Causal Inference Randall Lewis, Netflix |
10:15 |
LINH |
Break |
10:30 am |
LINH 406 |
Statistical Learning with an Aim to Understand “Total Quarterback Ratings" Mark Greenwood, Montana State University |
11:15 am |
LINH 406 |
The Experimental IdealDaniel Rees, University of Colorado Denver |
12:00 pm |
LINH 206, 406, 231 |
Lunch & Breakout Discussions |
1:00 pm |
LINH 231 |
Using Census Data for Analysis: Women, Work, and Policy over the Last CenturyKatie Genadek, Census Bureau Research Data Center |
1:45 pm |
LINH 231 |
Economic History and Applied MicroeconomicsWerner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh |
2:30 pm |
LINH |
Break |
2:45 pm |
LINH 231 |
My Experience at MSU and How it Prepared Me for Research in the Private SectorJared Sullivan, LaSalle Investment Management |
3:30 pm |
LINH 231 |
Injured Worker Survey Project: Using Surveys to Measure Outcomes and ImpactsBrianne Lake, Montana Workers' Compensation Claims Assistance Bureau |
4:15 pm |
LINH 231 |
Leveraging Research to Advance Your Learning, Career, and CausesMark Egge, High Street Consulting |
5:00 pm |
LINH |
Adjourn |
Contact Professor Wendy Stock (wstock@montana.edu).