29 Nov
2002
29 Nov
'02
3:18 p.m.
Dear Dave,
The first challenge I'm finding with homework 7 is that I have no idea if I'm
approaching problems 1 and 2 correctly.
When you commented earlier this week that "more than one person was unable to
do *any* empirical analysis on the midterm," it struck fear in the hearts of
more than one student! :-)
For those who did not tackle the midterm properly, I am concerned that they
will make similar, unwitting mistakes with the homework. Just as each homework
has built on the last one (e.g., requiring correct answers from homework 4 to
make sense of homework 5), so it seems that homework 7 builds on the midterm.
Would you consider you posting a correct answer to the midterm, so the class
can learn from it to more fruitfully approach homework 7?
Thanks,
Anna
P.S. I realize grading our midterms takes time. But if you could just pick one
or two disks with good results to post, that could be a big help.
--
Anna Lorien Nelson
Department of Government,
Harvard University
alnelson(a)fas.harvard.edu
29 Nov
29 Nov
3:21 p.m.
The 3 of us were just discussing this. It will happen today.
Thanks,
Gary
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Anna Lorien Nelson wrote:
Dear Dave,
The first challenge I'm finding with homework 7 is that I have no idea if I'm
approaching problems 1 and 2 correctly.
When you commented earlier this week that "more than one person was unable to
do *any* empirical analysis on the midterm," it struck fear in the hearts of
more than one student! :-)
For those who did not tackle the midterm properly, I am concerned that they
will make similar, unwitting mistakes with the homework. Just as each homework
has built on the last one (e.g., requiring correct answers from homework 4 to
make sense of homework 5), so it seems that homework 7 builds on the midterm.
Would you consider you posting a correct answer to the midterm, so the class
can learn from it to more fruitfully approach homework 7?
Thanks,
Anna
P.S. I realize grading our midterms takes time. But if you could just pick one
or two disks with good results to post, that could be a big help.
3:29 p.m.
Anna Lorien Nelson writes:
Dear Dave,
The first challenge I'm finding with homework 7 is that I have no idea if I'm
approaching problems 1 and 2 correctly.
When you commented earlier this week that "more than one person was unable to
do *any* empirical analysis on the midterm," it struck fear in the hearts of
more than one student! :-)
Let me try to assuage this fear. I have finished my initial read through of the
midterms. overall, I am pleased with the results. Only 2 of 18 students had
"serious" problems --- meaning they were unable to read in the data and/or run
a regression of any type. Everyone else did fine, although some better than others.
For those who did not tackle the midterm properly, I
am concerned that they
will make similar, unwitting mistakes with the homework.
An excellent reason to ask lots of questions! ;-) In all seriousness, I
encourage you to ask a question like: "I tried such-and-such for 1(d), here is
my R code and the answer I got, does it make sense?" The homeworks are a
collaborative process.
Just as each homework
has built on the last one (e.g., requiring correct answers from homework 4 to
make sense of homework 5), so it seems that homework 7 builds on the midterm.
This is not my intention. My goal is that homework 7 builds on previous
homeworks (and readings and lectures).
Would you consider you posting a correct answer to the
midterm, so the class
can learn from it to more fruitfully approach homework 7?
See Gary's post.
Thanks,
Anna
P.S. I realize grading our midterms takes time. But if you could just pick one
or two disks with good results to post, that could be a big help.
I agree! Once they are posted, I will post the grades. I will also spend time
on Monday discussing some of the better exams --- both what they did well and
what they could have done better.
However, I would encourage you to ploy ahead with the homework. I see this as
orthogonal to the midterm.
Dave
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Anna Lorien Nelson
Department of Government,
Harvard University
alnelson(a)fas.harvard.edu
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