Readings for 9/30
Please read chapter 4 of MMC before coming to class on 9/30.
Slides for 9/23
The slides from the publisher are here (3.12) & (3.34). If you have a chance take a look at: http://veconlab.econ.virginia.edu/bargaining.php. The evening section of the course took this quiz. My class notes are here.
Reading for 9/23
Please read chapter 3 of MMC before coming to class on 9/23.
Slides for 9/16
Today we will study how two variables might be related. The notes provided by the publisher are divided into four sections: visualizing the data (2.1), correlation (2.2), linear regression (2.3), and questions of causation (2.45). The slides from class are here (lecture slides).
Readings for 9/16
Please read chapter 2 of MMC before coming to class on 9/16.
Welcome back to school
Here is the first homework assignment (hw1) and an amazing visualization of Obama’s back to school speech.
Slides for 9/9
The lecture on Wednesday will cover three topics: types of data and variables (slides01.1), describing the center and spread of distributions (slides01.2), and visualizing distributions (slides01.3). These slides are provided by the publisher. There will be substantial overlap between these slides and the topics covered in the lecture (lecture-slides).
Readings for 9/9
Please read the first chapter of Moore, McCabe, & Craig (MMC) before you come to class on 9/9.
GVPT 622
I will occasionally post items related to our class on this page. You may also want to follow the twitter page for this course: http://twitter.com/gvpt622.
