How to write the end-semester termpaper

April 27, 2007 at 10:06 pm | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

Read the note here.

I suggest that the term paper be about 2500 word long. It should include a clear statement of objective, description of data, description of the econometric method used, analysis and interpretation of results, and a concluding section. Each student MUST write independently. Plagiarism will be heavily penalised.

Just staple your term paper on the side. Staple well. Do not use any additional covers.

Again, remember, Apr 30 is the absolute last date.

V.

 

Last date for end-semester term papers

April 18, 2007 at 3:44 pm | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

The end semester term papers must be submitted by 30th 1 pm. This is an absolute deadline. I will leave Delhi after that and will not be able to take the term papers. There will be no late submissions after this date.

Vikas

Extra classes on 16, 17 and 18

April 10, 2007 at 5:44 pm | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

I would like to take extra classes on April 16 (afternoon), 17 (morning) and 18 (morning). Can you  consult  amongst yourselves and decide the hours.

V.

Subset schdata to primary schools

April 10, 2007 at 10:50 am | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

Variable SCHCAT takes value “1″ for primary schools. Use that to get a subset of only primary schools. Merge that list with the relevant variables from village directories.

I will discuss problems related to the assignment only until the 17th. After that, we get back to the class-room. Please make sure that you have at least first cut of the regression by the 17th.

V.

Installed catdoc on cespserv

April 9, 2007 at 10:59 am | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

catdoc is installed on the cespserv. You can use xls2csv on cespserv to convert excel files to csv.

V.

Reading large tables into R

April 8, 2007 at 9:21 pm | In Announcements for courses, Data manipulation, GNU-R | Leave a Comment

Here are some useful tips on the issue.

V.

Reading large datasets in R

April 8, 2007 at 4:31 pm | In Announcements for courses, Data manipulation, GNU-R | Leave a Comment

Farnsworth has discussed with an example a faster way of reading large files. It would be nice if some of you tried to implement it to read schdata.txt

Also, let us collectively mine the documentation/r-help for more resources on this.

V.

End-semester term papers

April 5, 2007 at 2:04 pm | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

Until now, following people have registered their end-semester term paper topics.

Name State
Md. Suher Khan Uttar Pradesh
Rohin Anhal Karnataka
Silpa Nagaland
Bijoyata Yonzon Assam
Akhil Chhattisgarh
Sudeep Manipur
Motiniva Orissa
Vishal Tripura
Shinjou Kim Mizoram
Amarjyoti Himachal Pradesh
Sheetal Sikkim
Ganita Bhupal Rajasthan
Aparajay Bihar

V.

Last edited: April 13, 10.45 AM

Further on reading schdata

April 4, 2007 at 9:57 pm | In Announcements for courses | Leave a Comment

Motiniva and I tried to use the awk script for reading data for Orissa and found that some discrepancies in data prevent the text file from being imported correctly. I have given her an R script that can be modified and run in the batch mode to generate the subset for the relevant state. Please take the file from her and modify it to suit your needs.

Also, please go through the R Data Import/Export manual in detail to understand various methods and possibilities.

V.

Holidays on April 5 and 6!!

April 4, 2007 at 11:10 am | In Announcements for courses | 2 Comments

We are going to miss two lectures on account of holidays on April 5 and 6. If some of you work over the long week-end, and would like to consult me to discuss problems, drop me a mail to seek appointment. I will try to spend some time in office over this long weekend if we can fix a specific slot.

V.

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