AOM-CARMA Affiliate Invite: Live Online Short Courses on Macro Research Methods
You should now know that through our AOM-CARMA Affiliate Program, AOM Student and Academic members can access CARMA's research methods education resources as part of their membership benefits. These resources cover quantitative and qualitative topics at the introductory and advanced levels. These benefits will be delivered through the 2022-2023 AOM-CARMA Affiliate Program until August 31, 2023.
With this posting I would like to invite you to attend our two Live Online Short Courses on Macro Research Methods. AOM-CARMA Affiliate Members receive our 50% member discount on registration fees. Our instructors are leading management macro scholars, recognized for their editorial work in top strategic management outlets, who specialize in research methods. Join these courses and Learn from the Best in Your Business.
Course Description:
June 5-8, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm ET
"Macro Research Methods I: Introductory Quantitative Techniques for Data Management and Analysis"
While macro-oriented management scholars often receive formal econometrics training during their doctoral studies, these courses are often heavily focused on Greek letters, equations, proofs, and theoretical application. In turn, these courses often miss the mark when it comes to the practical application of the techniques and tools most commonly used in macro research. This course will flip things around by focusing on the practical tasks and challenging decisions related to building datasets, completing empirical analysis, and writing up methods and results for successful submission to top journals. Much of the content comes from lessons learned during the review process as an author, reviewer, and associate editor and, collectively, the content can be best described as the things you need to know to get published but that are typically missing from formal classes. A key goal of this course is to help participants understand how to build a convincing body of evidence and preemptively answering reviewer questions in ways that builds confidence in underlying results. Sessions will include a mix of lecture, hands on exercises, and discussions.
Topics will include:
- Merging and assembling datasets
- Inspecting and evaluating data
- Generating and using descriptive statistics
- Dealing with missing data and outliers
- Building reliable and repeatable empirical results through use of code
- Understanding and interpreting p-values
- How does regression (really) work?
- Fixed versus random effects models – what they do and their limitations
- How to write up methods and results to build a body of evidence that can win over reviewers and editors
Course Description:
June 12-15: 12:00 pm to 5 pm ET
"Macro Research Methods II: Endogeneity – Concepts, Techniques, and Tools for Addressing Unexplained Heterogeneity"
The topic of endogeneity (or unexplained heterogeneity) is invoked frequently throughout the research and publication process, but there remains a great deal of trepidation and disconsensus about what it entails, when it proves detrimental for hypothesis testing, and the techniques scholars can employ to address it. Accordingly, the purpose of this course is to provide a conceptual overview of the various sources of unexplained heterogeneity (including endogeneity), tools for helping determine when it might reflect an empirical issue, and the benefits and detriments associated with the myriad potential remedies. In particular, in this course, participants will employ a variety of different tools in Stata to diagnose potential estimation issues from endogeneity, employ models designed to help alleviate such bias, and produce publication-quality estimates using real data.
Topic Overview:
- Conceptual foundations of the sources of unexplained heterogeneity
- Discussion of challenges involving bias, efficiency, and consistency
- Sensitivity analyses in Stata
- Two-stage models in Stata
- Exploration of external and internal instrumental variables
- Discussion of writing methodology/results sections that address endogeneity
Short Course Registration for AOM CARMA Affiliate Members (deadline May 26):
- Sign into your AOM account.
- Click on your name at the top.
- In the information area click the CARMA globe logo.
- When prompted click "Access CARMA" button.
- This button will take you to Affiliate Program Access page.
- On the Access page CARMA, click the button: Live Online Short Courses June 5-23
- Follow the instructions for Short Course Registration
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Larry Williams
Professor
Texas Tech University
Lincoln NE
(806) 834-1479
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