John Snow teaching resources: data, scripts, papers, and presentation
Julia Koschinsky
Dear all,
As part of our new spatial insights project at CSDS, we developed resources for teaching and learning ESDA in GeoDa using the John Snow cholera case (specifically the Broad St pump and Grand Experiment cases). Thanks to Marcos Falcone for taking the lead on this.
The initial set of resources are available now! They include data (including subdistrict boundaries for the Grand Experiment case), extensive documentation, and GeoDa implementation scripts. For background about the research problem, the competing hypotheses, the research design, and testing, Marcos also prepared a storymap and video.
Here are the main resource links:
- 7 Datasets to Download: https://geodacenter.github.io/data-and-lab/snow/ (including Tom Coleman's Snow data)
- Data Documentation: https://geodacenter.github.io/data-and-lab//data/snow_documentation.pdf
- GeoDa Demo Scripts: https://geodacenter.github.io/data-and-lab//data/geoda_scripts_snow.pdf
- GeoDa Download (new 1.16 version just released): https://geodacenter.github.io/
- Story Map: https://bit.ly/3mSGZiS
- Video: https://bit.ly/365giRY
We’re also working on supplementary resources, including details on Snow’s quasi-experimental research designs (Albion Terrace, Broad St Pump and Grand Experiment), and using Sherlock Holmes’ stories to illustrate scientific reasoning. Many thanks to Tom Coleman and Peter Vinten-Johansen for their expert advice throughout this project.
Presentation by Tom Coleman
If this topic interests you, please join us for Tom Coleman’s CSDS study group presentation on Tuesday, Oct 13 (9-11am CT): John Snow and Cholera: Revisiting Difference-in-Differences and Randomized Trials in Medical Research. Tom is back by popular demand after presenting part 1 of his research on Snow at our winter study group.
Zoom Info:
Links to Tom's Papers + Teaching Resources:
2020: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3696028 "John Snow, Cholera, and South London Reconsidered"
2019: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3262234 "Causality in the Time of Cholera: John Snow As a Prototype for Causal Inference”
Fall CSDS study group schedule (all remote - same URL as above):