Gov2001 September 2004

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47 discussions

[gov2001-l] For X-regs, auditors and Harvard employees only

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi, I have recieved the final pronouncement from FAS and HMDC regarding linux accounts for our course. If you are a Harvard or MIT student (cross-registered) in Gov 2001, you can obtain a linux account on ICE from https://www.fas.harvard.edu/computing/utilities/activate/ after you submit your cross-registeration petition and the GSAS registrar processes it. If you are a Harvard employee or fellow at an affiliated center, you can get a Linux account by filling out http://www.fas.harvard.edu/computing/hascs/CasualApp.pdf You need just an email account, and your center will be charged $175 by FAS computing services. (Please provide the appropriate billing code.) If your center is unwilling to put up the funding for a linux account, please keep in mind that Window (with Xemacs, R and ESS) is a viable computing alternative. Yours, Olivia

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] Grading problem 1

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Course website -> Handouts -> Windows -> Xemacs.pdf or directly at: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov2001/handouts/Windows/Xemacs.pdf Also, you *must* send email to the list from the .harvard.edu email address which you gave me on the first day. For the Harvard employees, this is @harvard.edu for the most part. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chunling Lu" <clu(a)camail.harvard.edu> To: <gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: RE: [gov2001-l] Grading problem 1 > Hi Olivia, do you know where we can find the information about installing > Xemacs to Window? > > Thanks very much. > > Chunling > > -----Original Message----- > From: gov2001-l-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu]On Behalf Of Olivia Lau > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:54 PM > To: gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > Subject: [gov2001-l] Grading problem 1 > > > Hi, > > Several people have asked me how I'm planning on grading problem > 1, and whether it's just for your own benefit. > > The answer: I am grading problem 1, and will ask you to show me > your computational enviroment in section. If you have a laptop, > you will want to bring it to section to show me you set up, > otherwise you can show me up in the CBRSS bay. > > If it wasn't clear from last week, you have a choice of either > Window or Linux, and which ever one you choose, you need to have > R up and running, preferably within XEmacs. Please refer to the > handouts folder on the course website to find the instructions > for your operating system. > > If you haven't set up your enviroment yet, I encourage you to > come to OH tomorrow. > > Yours, > > Olivia > > _______________________________________________ > gov2001-l mailing list > gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l > >

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] Thursday section times

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi, everyone. I found out that the CBRSS conference room is free from 5:30 on on Thursdays. I assume that if you can make it to section earlier, you would prefer to do so, and that if you could make it to 6pm (but not 5:30pm) that you can make it to 6:30pm rather than 6pm. Thus, our revised sections are: Thursdays: 5:30p-6:30p Thursdays: 6:30p-7:30p Yours, Olivia

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] Grading problem 1

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi, Several people have asked me how I'm planning on grading problem 1, and whether it's just for your own benefit. The answer: I am grading problem 1, and will ask you to show me your computational enviroment in section. If you have a laptop, you will want to bring it to section to show me you set up, otherwise you can show me up in the CBRSS bay. If it wasn't clear from last week, you have a choice of either Window or Linux, and which ever one you choose, you need to have R up and running, preferably within XEmacs. Please refer to the handouts folder on the course website to find the instructions for your operating system. If you haven't set up your enviroment yet, I encourage you to come to OH tomorrow. Yours, Olivia

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] Readings

by smith21＠fas.harvard.edu

Olivia, Are there any specific readings we should do for section this week? Thanks, Matt

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] part (c)

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi, Gary didn't get to confidence intervals in class, but we're leaving it on the problem set for this week. You should calculate the (0.025, 0.975) quantiles for your simulated \hat{\beta}. Olivia

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] cat()

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi, I had a few questions from you on cat(). >From lecture today, cat("x") prints "x" to the screen. We used it to print a couple things to the screen at once: cat("Probability of >=2 people having the same birthday:", sameday/sims, "\n") This means stick "Probability of ..." in front, then the number sameday/sims, then a line break (which is the invisible character "\n"), and print it all to screen. By default, the cat() puts a space between each element (and you have to separate each element with a comma). Yours, Olivia.

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] Monte Carlo data

by olau＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi, Monte Carlo is not a data set. Monte Carlo refers to the method for generating the data. Just follow the instructions on the problem set for generating the data. Remember that the goal is to determine how good your function is from part (a). If you know what beta and sigma are supposed to be, then you can see if your function works by whether you get beta and sigma back. Yours, Olivia.

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] still no luck

by liebman＠fas.harvard.edu

hey olivia, i tried your approach, but it still ended up logging me into an ice server (with no number after the ice). any idea what i might be doing wrong? thanks, alex

19 years, 7 months

[gov2001-l] ICE problems

by liebman＠fas.harvard.edu

Hello all, I'm still having trouble setting up my VNC session on my desktop. First, from secure CRT, I only have an option to log in to "ice.harvard.edu," no option to log into "nice.harvard.edu." Are they the same thing? Second, when I log in under ice.harvard.edu, it does not tell me which server I'm connected to. Third, When I type the wget line at the prompt, it gives me various error messages (depending on whether I cut and paste from the PDF online or type it in directly). Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Alex

19 years, 7 months

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