PUBPOL-822
ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
DepartmentPPS
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment18–49
Semesters of data3
4.5
Hrs / week
147
Responses
208
Enrollment
71%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.4
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.4
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.7
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.6
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 409 comments across 6 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that the readings, films, or examples carry real weight. Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Lighter lecture burden
Student comments describe this as more discussion-, seminar-, or workshop-driven than lecture-dependent. The lecture burden itself does not sound like the main source of friction.
Strengths
• Readings, films, or outside materials come up repeatedly as a real strength rather than filler.
• Students repeatedly say the course teaches something concrete, whether that is content mastery, research skill, or a strong foundation.
• Teaching clarity stands out; students repeatedly say the material is explained clearly and effectively.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who will engage with the materials instead of skimming everything.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
nothing really that I wouldn't have developed by doing the labs independently.
Fall 2024 · Komisarow, Sarah
Good
Fall 2024 · Komisarow, Sarah
I learned how to use Stata and how to apply it to real world situations and data.
Fall 2024 · Komisarow, Sarah
We were instructed to put all information about this class and lab in the other evaluation.
Fall 2024 · Komisarow, Sarah
stata commands causal inference how to go through and understand a paper
Fall 2024 · Komisarow, Sarah
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Komisarow, Sarah 2.1Rate My ProfessorsQuality2.1Difficulty3.9Would retake27%Based on 51 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 36 |
| Fall 2024 | Komisarow, Sarah 2.1Rate My ProfessorsQuality2.1Difficulty3.9Would retake27%Based on 51 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 74 |
| Fall 2023 | Komisarow, Sarah 2.1Rate My ProfessorsQuality2.1Difficulty3.9Would retake27%Based on 51 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 98 |
Instructor
Also teaches
PUBPOL-807 MASTER'S PROJECT I3.1