socialscience.ai / workshop / day-2

§ ii · Tuesday, 2 June 2026

From data to compiled output

Deliverable
Regression script with assertions + publication-quality table + figure + Markdown PDF.

Slides

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Schedule

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET · 255 min content · 45 min breaks + lunch

  1. 10:00
    Day 1 recap + Q&A + warm-up framingDiscussion
    15 min
  2. 10:15
    Three prompting principles + three power promptsLecture
    25 min
  3. 10:40
    Warm-up: load yesterday's cleaned data, run a simple OLSWorkshop
    15 min
  4. 10:55
    BreakBreak
    15 min
  5. 11:10
    Live regression demo: fixest, FE, clustering, three specs side by side, with assertion checks for NLecture
    35 min
  6. 11:45
    Guided regression exercise: baseline → subgroups → multi-specWorkshop
    35 min
  7. 12:20
    Tables: modelsummary → .tex → iterative refinement → encoding format conventions in CLAUDE.md/skills (no hand-finishing)Lecture
    25 min
  8. 12:45
    LunchBreak
    30 min
  9. 1:15
    Tables exercise: build publication-quality table from your specs; encode any rule you find yourself re-statingWorkshop
    25 min
  10. 1:40
    Figures: ggplot2, coefficient plots, iterative refinement, CLAUDE.md figure conventionsLecture
    20 min
  11. 2:00
    Figures exercise: coef plot from your regression resultsWorkshop
    20 min
  12. 2:20
    Compile-fix loop: Markdown via pandoc as primary; LaTeX as parallel trackLecture
    15 min
  13. 2:35
    Document compile: skeleton with table + figure → PDF → introduce a path error → fix loopWorkshop
    15 min
  14. 2:50
    Debrief + 'Trust but verify' exercise (prepared script with subtle bugs) + cautionary research-design momentDiscussion
    10 min

Materials

  • Continues from Day 1.

  • Trust-but-verify prepared bug scriptcoming soon

    Used in the 2:50 debrief exercise.

  • Prompt librarycoming soon

    Copy-paste regression, table, and figure prompts.

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