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[gov2001-l] PolMeth XXV: Call for Applications to Participate (fwd)

by king＠harvard.edu

this is a great meeting. highly interactive, very informal. you'll meet everyone in the field and get good feedback on your work. (I've been to all 24 previous meetings!) I encourage you all to attend, even if its not your field. the papers you're all about to write for this class in most cases would work for the poster sessons. you should apply for funding, but IQSS will kick in to help too. Gary ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:38:22 -0600 From: franzese at umich.edu To: king at harvard.edu Subject: PolMeth XXV: Call for Applications to Participate My apologies for dual-posting if you received this from another source. -- Rob CALL FOR PROPOSALS: PolMeth XXV: The 25th Annual, Silver Edition Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 9 - 13 July 2008 (Core Program: 10-12 July 2008) The 25th Annual, Silver Edition, Summer Methodology Conference will be held 10-12 July 2008, on the campus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sponsors of these meetings are the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan, the National Science Foundation, and the Society for Political Methodology. To apply to attend the meetings, complete the application form at the Society's webpage by 20 March 2008: http://polmeth.wustl.edu/conferences/methods2008/register/ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 20 March 2008. All applicants will propose to present a poster or a paper, and/or to act as a discussant, or simply to attend. Although graduate students may also apply simply to attend, they are strongly encouraged to propose a poster for the graduate-student poster-session, which is a venerated tradition and outstanding professional opportunity offered by the conference. Graduate students (and other eligible applicants) proposing and having accepted a poster (or a paper) will receive priority consideration for funding if they apply for it (see below). To accommodate the continued growth of the conference in response to great and strongly rising demand--we expect a further approximately 50% increase in size from last year's expanded total of about 160 attendees--we have made a number of small adjustments in the format of the conference, requiring corresponding alterations of the application and registration processes. SUMMARY OF THE REVISED PROGRAM-FORMAT (much further information available at the conference web-site: http://polmeth.wustl.edu/conferences/methods2008/): The conference program will consist of: One day (Thursday, 10 July) of plenary sessions (i.e., sessions of the whole) of paper presentations, with discussant & open discussion. One day (Friday, 11 July) of split-sessions, split in two or possibly three, of paper presentations with discussant & open discussion or of poster session(s), but not both types simultaneously. One day (Saturday, 12 July) of split-sessions, split in two, of paper presentations with discussant & open discussion or of poster session(s), but not both types simultaneously. Also planned for Thursday: the traditional keynote lecture by a prominent, non-political-science, methodologist from U of M, and our business meeting, followed by a opening-evening reception. Also planned for Friday: the traditional graduate-student poster-session, accompanied by an evening reception. Also planned for Saturday: a closing dinner-reception. A new tradition: NSF has funded also a dinner, reception, and/or other event for Women in Political Methodology, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday evening. (This will be the third such event.) An even newer tradition: An add-on mini-conference/workshop or two may be held Wednesday PM and/or Sunday AM, on topics and of a format TBA. Announcements as those develop will go to this email list and the conference web site. The core conference begins Thursday morning and ends Saturday evening, so attendees should plan to arrive Wednesday the 9th and depart Sunday the 13th. To accommodate the expanded size, we have increased the numbers of split sessions, and, also partly in response to that increased size, we intend to expand usage of the poster-session format. Poster presentations and split-session paper-presentations will be scheduled and treated as full equals in every regard with plenary paper-presentation sessions. Applicants may propose a poster or a paper, but the program committee will assign accepted paper-proposals to plenary-sessions, to split-session paper-presentations, or to poster-session presentations entirely on their own discretionary judgment regarding optimal conference design, balance, and flow. NOTABLE REGARDING THE REVISED APPLICATION & REGISTRATION PROCESSES: Following acceptance and upon registration, all conference attendees will pay or have paid for them the $200 conference registration fee. (This is the same amount as the faculty-registration fee last year, but now all attendees will pay it. This is also approximately equal to the variable cost per person of the conference.) The fee is collected in the registration process (via PayPal), and registration cannot be validly completed without payment. Newly expanded this year, the NSF will fund the attendance of 55 (total) graduate students, women, minorities, and assistant professors. (Great & sincere gratitude is hereby extended from us all to PI's Jan Box-Steffensmeier & Phil Schrodt.) The acceptance committee will review applications for funding (which, procedurally, amount to the applicant indicating her/his wish to be considered for funding and then checking boxes for the categories by which s/he is eligible), and winners of funding will be notified along with their acceptance to the conference. Also new this year, all graduate-student applicants will be required to give the email address not only of a faculty recommender, which has long been required, but also to give the email address of a "guarantor of funding." The guarantor may be the same faculty member as the recommender, a different faculty member, someone authorized to commit an institutional source of funding, or even the graduate student her/himself. The guarantor commits to paying or having paid the registration fee for the graduate student in the case that student does not win funding. The option of the student listing her/himself as guarantor allows students wishing (or able and willing and needing) to pay their own registration to do so. The options, purposefully listed first, of naming a faculty or institutional guarantor are intended to emphasize heavily the strong and good norm that faculty/departmental/institutional sponsors should pay for their students to attend the conference. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACCEPTANCES & OF FUNDING SHOULD ARRIVE AROUND MID-APRIL. Following that, LODGING _MUST_ BE BOOKED/CONFIRMED BY END OF MAY. Technical questions regarding the application & registration web-site should be directed to Stephen Haptonstahl (srhapton at wustl.edu). Substantive questions or comments regarding the application process, the conference, or the conference web-site should be directed to Rob Franzese (franzese at umich.edu) or the graduate-student assistant for the conference & conference web-site, Bryce Corrigan (becorrig at umich.edu). We look forward to seeing you in Ann Arbor this summer! ************************************************************************* Robert (Rob) J. Franzese, Jr. US Mail: (Room 4246 ISR) Associate Professor, P.O. Box 1248 Department of Political Science, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248 and Research Associate Professor, (Currier: 426 Thompson St.) Center for Political Studies, e-mail: franzese at umich.edu Institute for Social Research, office: 1-734-936-1850 The University of Michigan fax: 1-734-764-3341 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~franzese *************************************************************************

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[gov2001-l] Loading data and saving plots

by jmlarson＠fas.harvard.edu

Hi 2001, We had a couple of questions that I wanted to answer to the list in case anyone else is facing similar snags: 1- how do you load the dataset from the lab computer? Loading the dataset from the lab computer is just like loading the data from any computer. An easy way is to download the data file from the class website to the computer you're working on, making sure the end of the file name remains .RData . Set your working directory in R to the same folder to which you downloaded the data. Then in R, use load("filename.RData") 2- how do you save plots in R? An easy way to save plots in R is to use one of the calls postscript(" filename.eps") or pdf("filename.pdf") before executing the plot commands. After executing the plot commands, close the plotting canvas with dev.off(), leaving the parentheses empty. Jenn

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[gov2001-l] anyone needs a partner? (political economy/development)

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear Dan, I am external from Germany and looking for a partner, I definetely want to write a project in finance with Monte Carlo simulations. I think we can approach a project in Africa and doing some research on it. Regards Joerg ----- Urspr?ngliche Mail ---- Von: Daniel Sean Keebler <dkeebler at hsph.harvard.edu> An: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 13. Februar 2008, 19:24:11 Uhr Betreff: Re: [gov2001-l] anyone needs a partner? (political economy/development) Hi, Johannes: Don't know if Joseph replied to your e-mail, but I'm in a situation in which my partner now wants to work on another project, leaving me in the lurch. My own background is in anthropology and public health; my focus is on Africa and my work these days is pretty much all political economy--my thesis focuses on demographic and enviromental influences on pastoralist conflict in the greater Horn of Africa, and I'm trying to work in behavioral modeling at a fundamental level. I'm flexible, of course; I'm sure whatever you (or you and Joseph) are working on will be much more in line with my interests than the project that my partner wants to take on. In any case, I hope you're well. See you in section tomorrow if you make it. Yours, Dan On Feb 12, 2008 7:42 AM, Johannes Castner <jcastner at fas.harvard.edu> wrote: Hi, My name is Johannes. I am very interested in the same subjects as are you! I am a special student at GSAS (but I'm taking this class through the distance programm since tuition is cheaper that way). I work at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in the Behavioral Economics Center (which is part of the research department), as an RA to Chris Foote who is an economist there. I received my BA in Economics with a concentration in Anthropology from Columbia U and I am aiming for the PhD in Political Economy at the Kennedy School. My main interests are exactly in line with what you have typed below. Africa has always been my main focus, although, departing from this theme, I wrote my senior thesis on a redistributive mechanism concerning the gains from international trade. If you would like to get together and talk about some ideas, please send me an e-mail! Johannes Quoting "Joseph P. Luna " <jluna at fas.harvard.edu>: > Hi all, > > I think I'll also join this line. I'm a third-year at Harvard College, > concentrating in economics and government. My research focuses on the > political economy of Africa, particularly on the issues of ethnic > identification and development policy. But I'm also very interested in > other areas of economics, like behavioral and social modeling, as well > as various topics in comparative politics. > Let me know if you're interested! > > Thanks, > Joe > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Joseph P. Luna > Harvard College, Class of 2009 > Cambridge, MA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > gov2001-l mailing list > gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu > http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l > _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l -----Integrierter Anhang folgt----- _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l Lesen Sie Ihre E-Mails auf dem Handy. www.yahoo.de/go

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[gov2001-l] Final project vs. research paper for ext. students

by orgeldi＠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. Any interest!! Regards Joerg Lesen Sie Ihre E-Mails auf dem Handy. www.yahoo.de/go

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[gov2001-l] Still looking for partner

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear Alex, I am external and looking for a partner, I definetely want to write a project in finance with Monte Carlo simulations. Regards Joerg Machen Sie Yahoo! zu Ihrer Startseite. Los geht's: http://de.yahoo.com/set

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[gov2001-l] Help with R

by jeremy.hodgen＠kcl.ac.uk

I'm having some problems with some of the packages. So in working through Section1worksheet.r when I write this code: > install.packages("car") I get this error message: Warning in install.packages("car") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/Users/JeremyH/R/powerpc-apple- darwin8.10.1-library/2.6' --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Warning: unable to access index for repository http:// www.sourcekeg.co.uk/cran/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.6 Warning message: package ?car? is not available Can anyone suggest what I should do? Jeremy Dr Jeremy Hodgen Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education King's College London Department of Education and Professional Studies Franklin-Wilkins Building Waterloo Bridge Wing 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH Tel: 020 7848 3102 Fax: 020 7848 3182 E-mail: jeremy.hodgen at kcl.ac.uk

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[gov2001-l] sigma hat squared

by jbischof＠fas.harvard.edu

Hey Jens, When you ask us to estimate sigma-squared in problem 3b, it is unclear to me whether you are taking about the estimated standard error of the residuals (the parameter minimized under OLS) or the variance of the individual coefficients (the diagonal of the variance-covariance matrix). Could you offer some clarification? -- Jon Bischof Graduate Student Department of Government Harvard University

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[gov2001-l] homework submission: dropbox

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear Jens, are you German? I just checked my login and password and it does not work. Can you send me a new one or someone to send a new one? Kindest regards Joerg PS: I hope you got my problem set via email. Lesen Sie Ihre E-Mails jetzt einfach von unterwegs. www.yahoo.de/go

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[gov2001-l] Problem Set 1

by orgeldi＠yahoo.de

Dear Jenn, I am following your lecture from Germany. I watched your videoscreen and the contrast seems to be very poos so that I have trouble in reading the letters. Can you increse the contrast? Thanks! Regards Joerg ----- Urspr?ngliche Mail ---- Von: Jenn Larson <jmlarson at fas.harvard.edu> An: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Gesendet: Freitag, den 15. Februar 2008, 20:16:09 Uhr Betreff: [gov2001-l] Problem Set 1 Greetings 2001, The first problem set for credit is posted under the Problem Sets tab on the course website. It will be due next Thursday, Feb 21 at 5pm EST. Our homework policy is posted on the website, but hopefully this will preclude all email traffic about the problem set policy: We will only accept homework from students officially registered for the course (which includes students who are in the process of registering). Homework submissions for credit are composed of two parts: a well-commented file of R code and a thorough writeup (preferably composed with Latex). DO NOT send completed homeworks to the course email list. Submit completed homeworks according the the following instructions: Everyone taking the course must submit their R code to the problem set dropbox found on the course website under the Problem Sets tab. All non-extension school students must submit a hard copy of their writeup at the beginning of section. (If you attend the 6pm section, you can submit your hard copy then). All extension school students must submit an electronic copy of their writeup to the problem set dropbox by 5pm EST. We will not accept late homework submissions. If you are officially taking the course(or are soon to be officially taking the course) and still cannot access the dropbox, email your solutions as an attachment to Jen[n/s]. We've also uploaded the tex file for the problem set to the course website for those of you interested in seeing a document composed with Latex. Happy problemsetting, Jenn (Also note that we've posted the R code for solutions to problem set 0.) -----Integrierter Anhang folgt----- _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l __________________________________ Ihre erste Baustelle? Wissenswertes f?r Bastler und Hobby Handwerker. www.yahoo.de/clever

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[gov2001-l] Problem Set 1

by jmlarson＠fas.harvard.edu

Greetings 2001, The first problem set for credit is posted under the Problem Sets tab on the course website. It will be due next Thursday, Feb 21 at 5pm EST. Our homework policy is posted on the website, but hopefully this will preclude all email traffic about the problem set policy: We will only accept homework from students officially registered for the course (which includes students who are in the process of registering). Homework submissions for credit are composed of two parts: a well-commented file of R code and a thorough writeup (preferably composed with Latex). DO NOT send completed homeworks to the course email list. Submit completed homeworks according the the following instructions: Everyone taking the course must submit their R code to the problem set dropbox found on the course website under the Problem Sets tab. All non-extension school students must submit a hard copy of their writeup at the beginning of section. (If you attend the 6pm section, you can submit your hard copy then). All extension school students must submit an electronic copy of their writeup to the problem set dropbox by 5pm EST. We will not accept late homework submissions. If you are officially taking the course(or are soon to be officially taking the course) and still cannot access the dropbox, email your solutions as an attachment to Jen[n/s]. We've also uploaded the tex file for the problem set to the course website for those of you interested in seeing a document composed with Latex. Happy problemsetting, Jenn (Also note that we've posted the R code for solutions to problem set 0.)

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