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.
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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/