Gov2001 February 2008

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[gov2001-l] Topic for Replication Assignment

by andrew.c.stokes＠gmail.com

Hi, For the replication assignment, my interest is to identify an evaluation of a health or development intervention, either the design or analysis of which was sub-optimal and possibly adjust the estimate of the treatment effect. There's a lot of recent literature on evaluations and new approaches to working with non-randomized or observational data. There are new estimators for obtaining the treatment effect where unobserved factors otherwise hinder inference and new software for improving balance and assessing overlap in the sample. These new methods may allow us in replication to add significant value to evaluations published previously in the absence of these tools. Let me know if anyone has any interest. Thanks. Andy Stokes

16 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] Uh, I guess I am NOT the last kid to get picked again....

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear Nora, what are you interested in doing about the stock market? Regards Joerg ----- Urspr?ngliche Mail ---- Von: Nora Richardson <nrichard at fas.harvard.edu> An: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 21. Februar 2008, 06:32:16 Uhr Betreff: Re: [gov2001-l] Uh, I guess I am NOT the last kid to get picked again.... Hello Joerg. Yes that sounds good - I'm interested. Nora -- "O King Alexander, each man possesses just so much of the earth as this on which we stand; and you being a man like other men, save that you are full of activity and relentless, are roaming over all this earth far from your home, troubled yourself, and troubling others. But not so long hence you will die, and will possess just so much of the earth as suffices for your burial." -- Translation Indian wise men Quoting Joerg Orgeldinger <orgeldi at yahoo.de>: > Dear Nora. > > actually I want to write something about projects and project finance. > Are you interested? > > ----- Urspr??ngliche Mail ---- > Von: Nora Richardson <nrichard at fas.harvard.edu> > An: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu > Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 20. Februar 2008, 08:54:23 Uhr > Betreff: Re: [gov2001-l] Uh, I guess I am the last kid to get picked > again..... > > Guten > abendt > Joerg. > > Du > bist? > Mein > namen > ist > Nora > und > ich > aus > von > Neuseeland. > Ich > suche > eine > Verfasser. > Interessieren > Sie > sich > fur > Borsenbericht > und > Borsenzettel? > Das > Subjekt > ich > mochte > Forschung. > Interessie? > > ps. > meine > Deustch > ist > sehr > schlecht. > Wir > sprechen > sie > Englisch, > ja? > Danke. > > bis > bald. > > Nora > -- > "O > King > Alexander, > each > man > possesses > just > so > much > of > the > earth > as > this > on > which > we > stand; > and > you > being > a > man > like > other > men, > save > that > you > are > full > of > activity > and > relentless, > are > roaming > over > all > this > earth > far > from > your > home, > troubled > yourself, > and > troubling > others. > But > not > so > long > hence > you > will > die, > and > will > possess > just > so > much > of > the > earth > as > suffices > for > your > burial." > -- > Translation > Indian > wise > men > > > Quoting > Joerg > Orgeldinger > <orgeldi at yahoo.de>: > > > > > > Dear > colleague. > > > > > > > > > I > am > external > from > Germany > and > looking > for > a > partner, > I > definetely > want > to > > > write > a > project > in > finance > with > Monte > Carlo > simulations. > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Joerg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Heute > schon > einen > Blick > in > die > Zukunft > von > E-Mails > wagen? > Versuchen > > > Sie????s > mit > dem > neuen > Yahoo! > Mail. > www.yahoo.de/mail > > > _______________________________________________ > gov2001-l > mailing > list > gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l > > > > > > > Heute schon einen Blick in die Zukunft von E-Mails wagen? Versuchen > Sie??s mit dem neuen Yahoo! Mail. www.yahoo.de/mail _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l Machen Sie Yahoo! zu Ihrer Startseite. Los geht's: http://de..yahoo.com/set

16 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] Question on Q3c

by anders4＠fas.harvard.edu

For part c, can we work with the natural log of the function, rather than the function itself? Also, can we implement a variant of Newton-Raphson, rather than the precise NR algorithm? Thanks, Martin -- Martin Sparre Andersen, MPH Harvard University Program in Health Policy anders4 at fas.harvard.edu martin.andersen at aya.yale.edu AIM: AndersenEPH Community of Science: http://myprofile.cos.com/msa25cu

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[gov2001-l] optimize() function

by jbischof＠fas.harvard.edu

Hey Jens, It's not clear to me from the R help file and the lecture slides how the optimize() command works. When we use the bisection or NR method, we are only looking for roots using the first derivative. However, the optimize command somehow takes the original function and finds its extrema. Is there anywhere we can get more information on how this command works so I can say something more insightful for question 2c? Thanks, -- Jon Bischof Graduate Student Department of Government Harvard University

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[gov2001-l] Installing Emacs/ESS on a Windows machine

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear classmates, I am interested in writing a paper about Monte Carlo simulations and projects (cash-flow modelling). Anyone interested in this topic? Regards Joerg E-Mails jetzt auf Ihrem Handy. www.yahoo.de/go

16 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] Question on Q3c

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear Jens, I am an extension student and still get no access to the dropbox and the lecture videos. Can you make the last section videos available for everyone? I am not sure that I get the login ontime. Regards Joerg Jetzt Mails schnell in einem Vorschaufenster ?berfliegen. Dies und viel mehr bietet das neue Yahoo! Mail - www.yahoo.de/mail

16 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] Converting strings to... not strings?

by john.sheffield＠gmail.com

Terminology got confusing, so I refer to R functions as functions and functions of variables as f(x). Does anyone know how to take a string (eg"x^3+4" or something like that), and change it to an ordinary variable? I want to be able to send whatever f(x) we want to the bisection function without having to write it as an R function, i.e. to send f(x) as a parameter to a function, which I can't do without defining x (and making f(x) just a discrete value). My solution, if anyone can tell me how to do it, is to send f(x) as a string and then convert it to an R function within the bisection function. Are there any solutions to the string question, or suggestions to make it easier? Thanks, J (If you're afraid of letting the list know that you're doing Gov2001 at 2am on a Friday night, I'll take a personal email and promise not to tell.)

16 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] Paper in physical sciences or geography

by pkatai＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi folks, I'm a G1 student in atmospheric/environmental sciences, and I'd like to do a paper more applied to physical sciences or geography. Possible topics may be interactions between climate change, land cover, air quality, and public health, or other topics related to environmental/geographic problems. Anyone would be interested? I hope I'm not the only physical science students in class... =P Yours, Amos -- Amos P. K. Tai Ph.D. student in Atmospheric Sciences School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University

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[gov2001-l] Function in Problem 3

by brown4＠fas.harvard.edu

In the beginning of problem 3 where the function: exp^(-((x-2)^2+(y-1)^2)) is defined, is that supposed to indicate "e" raised to that power? Thanks! -Colin

16 years, 2 months

[gov2001-l] access to videos

by jhainmueller＠gmail.com

Hi all, For those of you having trouble to access the lecture/section videos. The reason that you may not have access now is that the grace period of the first two weeks of free access is expired. The videos are produced by the extension school and they regulate the access. We asked the extension school to give access to all registered students but it seems like that this access is not implemented yet for all students. In case you experience problems accessing the videos, please contact our video producer Nicole Siggins at nsiggins at dce.harvard.edu Best, Jens > -----Original Message----- > From: Qian Guo [mailto:guoqi at gse.harvard.edu] > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 2:58 PM > To: Jens Hainmueller; Jenn Larson > Subject: videos > > Hi Jens and Jenn, > > I missed the first ten minute of yesterday's TF section and tried > making up by watching the video, > but found I could not access the videos with my Harvard ID. Is it > because I am not from FAS? I > reported the problem with the link on the website but have not heard > from anyone. Can you help > here? Many thanks. > > Have a pleasant weekend, > Qian

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