Gov2001 February 2007

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[gov2001-l] final paper

by hlk23＠cornell.edu

Hi all, we have one student without a partner for the final paper. We think it would be a good idea for him to join one of the groups that consists only of two students at the moment. Having three people will give you an opportunity to divide up more of the work and to play to each others' strengths. Please email me if you would be willing to add a third member to your group. cheers, Holger -- Holger Lutz Kern Graduate Student Department of Government Cornell University Institute for Quantitative Social Science Harvard University 1737 Cambridge Street N350 Cambridge, MA 02138 www.people.cornell.edu/pages/hlk23

17 years, 1 month

[gov2001-l] Correction for Problem Set 3

by jgrimmer＠fas.harvard.edu

Hey Everyone, Thanks to a couple of folks who pointed out a typo in problem set 3. For problem (b), part (ii), the first line of the function should read g(x) = sin(x)*cos(x) if x< -pi/2 or x> pi/2 .... Notice, that in the previous problem set the minus sign was missing on the first pi/2. The error has been corrected and highlighted in red on the problem set posted on the course website. Apologies for any inconvience. Please do not hesistate to contact Holger or myself if this is unclear, Cheers, Justin

17 years, 1 month

[gov2001-l] [POLMETH] Call for Participation: the 2007 Summer Society for Political Methodology Summer Meeting (fwd)

by king＠harvard.edu

This is a great meeting. I'd strongly encourage those interested to apply to attend. Its very informal (you'll meet everyone) and very high quality. Gary ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:01:44 -0500 From: Rebecca Morton <rbm5 at NYU.EDU> Reply-To: Political Methodology Society <POLMETH at artsci.wustl.edu> To: POLMETH at artsci.wustl.edu Subject: [POLMETH] Call for Participation: the 2007 Summer Society for Political Methodology Summer Meeting Call for Participation: the 2007 Summer Society for Political Methodology Summer Meeting The 24th Annual Summer Methodology Conference will be held July 18-21, 2007, on the campus of the Penn State University. These meetings are sponsored by the Society for Political Methodology and the APSA Political Methodology Organized Section. Further support comes from the Penn State College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science, and Quantitative Social Science Initiative as well as the National Science Foundation. Attendance at the Summer meeting is by invitation. To apply to attend the meetings fill out the application form at the Society's webpage: http://polmeth.wustl.edu/methods2007/register/ Applicants stipulate their willingness to give a paper, act as discussant, present a poster (all graduate students), or simply attend. To make sure everything was in order to receive applications, we have been a few days delayed in sending out this announcement compared to last year. Thus, the deadline for applications has been extended one week to March 8th (one week later than last year). However, we anticipate no problem with sending out formal invitations by April 1. Please note: Each coauthor of a paper or poster must apply separately to attend. Coauthors who do not apply before the March 8th application deadline will not be considered for attendance. This is necessary so that the organizers have an accurate count of the number of participants at the meeting and can allocate resources efficiently. As many of you are aware the Society voted at the last Business Meeting at APSA to work toward increasing the size of the summer meeting as suggested in the report presented by the Long Range Planning Committee. Of course the expansion has costs; all participants will stay in hotels and eventually no meals will be provided. This summer will be a "transition" meeting, with some aspects of the new and old. Specifically, more faculty and graduate students will be invited to the conference than in past years, although participation is still limited by space constraints. While more graduate students will be invited to the conference, the number who will be able to present posters is constrained by space and time, so not all graduate students invited to attend will be invited to present posters. Graduate students whose posters are accepted for the conference will have their expenses (airfare, hotel, and conference registration) paid by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Graduate students who are invited but are not poster presenters will be expected to be funded by their home institutions. It is extremely helpful to the Society if faculty who have resources can fund poster presenters as well. To expand the presentation opportunities for faculty, the program committee is considering having some faculty present in shorter time slots and to present posters. Submissions of papers that are coauthored with graduate students or junior colleagues are also especially encouraged. When paper proposals are submitted, authors will have an opportunity to express preferences over the different presentation formats. However, these preferences cannot be guaranteed. Penn State has negotiated reduced hotel rates with two hotels which are within walking distance of the conference location on campus. All attendees will stay in hotels (including funded graduate students who will share rooms). Faculty will be responsible for making and paying for their own hotel reservations at the reduced rate. Lunches will be provided on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There will be a conference dinner on Friday night and a conference reception on Saturday. Penn State will provide information on restaurant offerings in the area for the other times. The registration is $200 for each faculty member and $50 for each graduate student, which must be paid in advance of the conference to Jonathan Katz, Treasurer. Faculty are expected to obtain support from their home institutions to cover their conference expenses. Penn State University is located in State College, PA. The University abuts the downtown, offering an array of restaurants and entertainment very near the conference and hotels. Summer weather is generally mild and attendees interested in mountain biking or hiking should consider an extra day's visit. We thank our hosts Suzie De Boef and Burt Monroe, and sponsors at Penn State University and the National Science Foundation. Additional information can be found at the conference website, which will be continually updated between now and the conference, http://polmeth.psu.edu. Questions should be directed to Suzanna De Boef at sdeboef at psu.edu. We look forward to seeing you in Happy Valley this summer! Becky Morton Program Chair 2007 Summer Methods Meeting

17 years, 1 month

[gov2001-l] final project partner + article suggestion

by nbc＠MIT.EDU

Gov 2001, I'm a PhD student in political science at MIT. My schedule at the beginning of the semester took me out of town so I've been unable to locate a partner for the final paper yet. (I'm back in Cambridge for good now.) I'm interested in the interaction between labor market institutions and welfare policy in OECD countries. There is a good recent article on the subject by Torben Iversen et al linked below. The analysis is interesting and the data set is available. Even better, professor Iversen is an incredibly nice person and I'm sure if we had any questions concerning his methodology he'd be able to help. If anyone is interested in these issues or the article, or has a similar project in mind but doesn't have a partner, please let me know. I'm particularly keen to work on welfare and comparative political economy. Thanks, Nathan Cisneros ?Risk at Work: The Demand and Supply Sides of Redistribution.? (Torben Iversen, Tom Cusack and Philipp Rehm). Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~iversen/PDFfiles/CusackIversenRehm2006.p…

17 years, 1 month

[gov2001-l] Re-labelling the x-axis

by jm540＠york.ac.uk

Hi, For the last question, I?m trying to come up with a graphical representation of the changes in the maximum estimates generated by optimize() as the tolerance varies. For this, I?d like to have the greatest tolerance (the biggest number) on the left, and the smallest tolerance (smallest number) on the right. To complicate things further I?ve got the tolerances varying logarithmically rather than linearly: i.e. 10^n where n varies from (say) 1 to -4 in (say) 0.1 increments. Does anyone know how to re-label the x-axis so that it represents the tolerances in a correct and nice way? So far I?ve not been able to make complete sense of the examples I?ve seen that do this... Jon Minton -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/700 - Release Date: 24/02/2007 20:14

17 years, 1 month

[gov2001-l] Parnter for Homework Assignments

by fbaig＠fas.harvard.edu

Hello everyone! I'm an undergrad distance student taking the course, and am sort of lost with the "R" portion of it. I am getting a hang of the Stats...so I'm trying to find a fellow undergrad (distance, if possible) who wants to combine heads on the homework with me. I'm not restricting to undergrads, but I thought we could learn from each other that way. If you're a grad too, by all means, contact me! If anyone is interested, please e-mail...two heads are better than one! I'm very bad with technology, so as you can see, the R is getting me a bit behind. Thanks!!!!! Faiza

17 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] typo in ps 3

by hlk23＠cornell.edu

Hi all, Jon has just alerted us to a typo in ps 3. In part (b) ii), we forgot a minus sign. An updated version has been posted to the website. I've send another email to the list with the new version attached, but that seems to be caught up in the mailing list's spam filter... Have a good weekend! Holger -- Holger Lutz Kern Graduate Student Department of Government Cornell University Institute for Quantitative Social Science Harvard University 1737 Cambridge Street N350 Cambridge, MA 02138 www.people.cornell.edu/pages/hlk23

17 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] typo in ps 3

by hlk23＠cornell.edu

Hi all, Jon has just alerted us to a typo in ps 3. In part (b) ii), we forgot a minus sign. An updated version has been posted to the website. I've also attached it to this email. Have a good weekend! Holger -- Holger Lutz Kern Graduate Student Department of Government Cornell University Institute for Quantitative Social Science Harvard University 1737 Cambridge Street N350 Cambridge, MA 02138 www.people.cornell.edu/pages/hlk23

17 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] looking for a coauthor

by heakim＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi Everyone, I am looking for coauthor for the final paper. I'm a second year AM student in Statistics. My primary interests are in issues regarding Management, but I am open to research other areas regarding economics and public policy. I am prepared to dedicate to research. If you are interested, please email me. - Regards, Hea Min Kim

17 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] stuff has been posted

by hlk23＠cornell.edu

hello all, i) problem set 3, solutions + R code for ps 2, the section handout and section R code all have been posted. ii) If you haven't talked to Gary yet about the paper, please do so within the next couple of days. You can also talk to Justin and me if you have any questions. Holger -- Holger Lutz Kern Graduate Student Department of Government Cornell University Institute for Quantitative Social Science Harvard University 1737 Cambridge Street N350 Cambridge, MA 02138 www.people.cornell.edu/pages/hlk23

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