17 Nov
2004
17 Nov
'04
12:41 p.m.
1) Allan Friedman, Yangbo Wang and Ayesha Khan.
2) A Tale of Two Seasons: Participation and Medal Counts at the Summer
and Winter
Olympic Games
3) Difficulty: the models are fairly simple (maybe a 4 or 5), but we
are having serious data issues (the model the author apparently
presented has a collinearity that makes the data impossible).
/\llan
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:13:10 -0500 (EST), Olivia Lau
<olau(a)fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
Hi, everyone.
I've discussed this with Gary and we've decided to give you an extension
on the problem set due this Thursday until the Thursday after
Thanksgiving (Dec 2). This is intended to give you more time to work on
the replication due this coming Monday (Nov 22) and the memo (replication
of someone else's replication) due the following Monday (Nov 29). Those
who have already done the problem set will be able to simulate quantities
for non-standard distributions in time for the 22nd, so that's a bonus for
those groups (because everyone will have to simulate quantites for their
final paper and you can have someone else check your work if you turn it
in now).
We will not accept any late replications because everyone has to replicate
someone else's replication in the following week, so having missing
replications would throw everything off. In light of this, if you fail to
turn in your replication, you won't recieve a memo assignment (a
replication to replication) and will recieve a 0 for both the replication
assignment and the memo. I hope this encourages everyone to turn in the
replication on time -- even if it's not complete (e.g., you couldn't
replicate tables 5-10 out of 10), you should still turn it in to get
feedback (and some points).
In addition, sections are cancelled this week. I'll hold additional OH
upstairs in the CBRSS bay. Please come if you are having problems, need
something explained, etc. (Those of you who have made additional
appointments can keep those.)
Finally, I need *one* individual from each group (please coordinate among
yourselves) to send me the following info ASAP:
1) Group members (only count people who are taking the course for credit)
2) Title of the paper
3) Your estimated level of difficulty getting your stuff to replicate:
Let 1 be really easy and 10 be impossible
(This will affect the number of copies you have to turn in on Monday.
I've realized that there are a lot of groups of 3, so turning in 3 copies
will be insufficient.)
Thanks!
Olivia.
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