[gov1000-list] Problem Sets

Hi, everyone. Your solution sets from Problem Sets 7, 8, and 9 are available in your Littauer mailboxes. Non-Gov grads should contact me about picking up their sets. Congratulations -- Your steady progress continues, and there are no rewrites necessary for PS9. I will provide feedback and suggestions for PS10 prior to the final exam, and you can feel free to ask questions about any aspect of PS10 per se at that time. Assuming you've made "sufficient" progress on PS10 (see the Gov1000 syllabus), full credit will be yours, and there will be no rewrites for PS10. The notes for PS7 through PS9 follow. There are some tips there for everyone, as we look toward final papers and exams. I'll send out an email about scheduling office hours for 3 January shortly. As always, if there are questions, don't hesitate to ask. Finally, thank all of you for an excellent Gov1000 semester. Your hard work has really paid off! Best, Ryan NOTES for Gov1000 PS7 General: Be sure you know the correct interpretation of a "p-value". Problem 6a: See the notes about presentation I sent for Problem Set 6, and those written on your solution set. One additional note: don't put your *coding* of variable names in a table; put meaningful variable names. For those who need to rethink their presentation in both 6a and 7a, you may choose *one* of the two to resubmit. Problem 6b: A t-test is most appropriate here, but an F-test is equivalent. See Problem Set 1, Problem number 7 if you're not sure why. NOTES for Gov1000 PS8 General: Know the open-ended techniques of Problem 4. Problem 2: A diagnostic plot and some discussion of the patterns in that plot are both needed. Problem 3c: Correct weights argument here is "weights=1/assets". NOTES for Gov1000 PS9 Be sure to use several diagnostic techniques to determine whether leverage points and outliers are driving your results. Through descriptive captions, labels, and keys, enable your tables and figures to stand alone. That is, imagine a reader looks *only* at the table/figure, not at the text; that reader should be able to understand every aspect of your table/figure. Don't be afraid to provide long captions. ------------------------------------------ Ryan T. Moore ~ Government & Social Policy Ph.D. Candidate ~ Harvard University Homepage: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~rtmoore/ Gov1000: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov1000/