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Training will occur mostly virtually, through a combination of required self-study and live Zoom meetings.
- The live part of the training will take place on Day 1 in person (no exceptions).
- Additional meetings will happen on the following days using Zoom.
- If your application to the LDI Replication Lab was accepted, you will be receiving information soon.
- Training is open to anybody, for free, but employment is only based on invitation after application.
- All the remaining information here is open to anybody.
- Content is
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General Training Schedule
Training happens three times a year:
- week prior to start of Fall classes (around Aug 16)
- week prior to start of Spring classes (around Jan 17)
- sometime prior to May exams (around April 22) (may not always occur)
Day 1 is always a full day of training, and may occur on a weekend.
Applying
Applications are open approximately 4-6 weeks prior to the training day, and close approximately 10 days prior to the training day. For more information, see https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/labor-dynamics-institute/student-employment-opportunities.
Next training will be 21 August 2026. Applications will open July 2026 and close August 17 2026.
Prior to Training
Please have a look at the list of tasks that should be accomplished before the first meeting.
Tentative Agenda
The training will start with an intensive (in person) day of lectures/discussions, followed by exercises that you will do on your own, with daily touch-base meetings over Zoom.
If you have not received an invitation and you think you should have, contact LDI (ldi@cornell.edu).
| Time | 21 August 2026 (Location: Ives 108) |
|---|---|
| 8:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Introduction |
| 10:00 | Reproducible Practices, Template README |
| 11:00 | Data provenance, Data Citations |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 | What will you be doing in the Lab |
| 14:00 | Command Line/Git |
| 15:00 | A prototypical replication report |
| 16:00 | A walkthrough of the Workflow |
| 17:00 | How to run Stata |
| 18:00 | End |
- as needed: Email questions via our listserv (ldi-lab-l@list.cornell.edu)
Test cases and peer mentoring
| Day | Date | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Aug 25 | Mentoring on test cases |
| Day 2 | Aug 27 | Mentoring on test cases |
| Day 3 | Sep 1 | Mentoring on test cases |
| Day 4 | Sep 4 | Wrap-up |
Test cases
Test cases are worked through, and jointly handled, including with repeated peer mentoring by senior (experienced) RAs in the Lab. Three (non-consecutive) days are set aside for the peer-mentoring and walk-throughs, but work on these test cases can be done any time (adapted to individual class and exam schedules). We strongly suggest doing these immediately after the in-person training, however, as experience has shown that those who delay too long will ultimately struggle later in their work.
- each test article should take you no more than 5 hours of work (decreasing as you progress)
- each session is live on Zoom.
| Day | Date | Topic | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1, 17:30 | Aug 25 | Data is available, Stata | Natalie | Addie |
| Day 2, 17:30 | Aug 27 | No data is available, only dry analysis | Natalie | Addie |
| Day 3, 17:30 | Sep 1 | Data is available, Matlab | Addie | Natalie |
Overall Schedule for Follow-up to Training
Items that are bolded are live meetings. Items that are italicized are in informal groups with peers, but live (in person or on Zoom). Other items are on your own time, but the time slot is the suggested time you should be doing them.
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Schedule
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 | Start on first article (Zoom) | Follow-up on first test article, introduce second article | Follow-up on second test article, introduce third test article | Follow-up on all test articles, Wrap-up of training, next steps |
| (self-paced) | Work on first test article | Work on second article | Work on third article | |
| 17:30- 18:30 | (Peer mentoring) | (Peer mentoring) | (Peer mentoring) | |
| Finish first test article | Finish second test article | Finish third test article |
Full Training Materials
Please go to https://labordynamicsinstitute.github.io/ldilab-manual/ for the full training materials.