INTERDEP 2001 · Wicked Problems — Evidence, Measurement, and the Tragedy of the Commons

Led by Ronald Fisher Simulacrum

How inequality is measured, what the measurements reveal, and the statistical reasoning required to evaluate claims about inequality, health outcomes, and the governance of common resources.

1. Module 1

   Measuring Inequality: What the Numbers Show and Hide

   Led by Ronald Fisher Simulacrum

   The question

   The Gini coefficient: what it measures (distribution of income) and what it misses (wealth, health, opportunity) · Lorenz curves and Pareto distributions · the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality · absolute vs relative poverty · how the choice of measure determines the conclus

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in measuring inequality: what the numbers show and hide.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Measuring Inequality: What the Numbers Show and Hide Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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2. Module 2

   Causation, Correlation, and the Governance of Common Resources

   Led by Ronald Fisher Simulacrum

   The question

   The difference between correlation and causation in social data · why poverty correlates with poor health and why the causal direction matters for policy · randomised controlled trials in social policy (the Oregon health experiment, GiveDirectly) · natural experiments and quasi-experimental methods

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in causation, correlation, and the governance of common resources.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.2 Causation, Correlation, and the Governance of Common Resources Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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