PS 100A/200A
Section Information
TA
Junga Kim
Encina West, Cubicle “Q”
Time Location
Monday 12:15- 1:15 – CERAS 304
(You can bring your lunch!)
(Sometimes, we may move to Meyer 2nd floor PC cluster to practice; since we cannot book the cluster or use all of them, we will form sub-section groups consisting of 3-4 people so that each group can run one PC.)
Office Hours
Monday 1:15-3:15 in my cubicle, or by appointment.
Goals
The primary goal is to help you accessing and using STATA so that you don’t have to have hard time in solving problem sets or exam BECAUSE OF technical problems; I will lead the section based upon PC, but if any of you prefer to use STATA on Mac or Unix, and come up with questions, don’t hesitate to ask them – I know some people whom I should ask ^^; we also are to review some math or probability functions that are considered necessary to solve the problem sets or understand lectures.
Grading
4 problem sets (graded by TA and reviewed by Jim)
1)Submit: After the class of the designated day. /Find your paper: Papers can be found at the box that I will put next to my cubicle. You don’t have to type them, as far as they are ‘readable’ for you and for me.
2)The answer itself is not as much important as your approach to the problem. Sometimes, Jim will ask questions that have no specific answers; even though you put the wrong ‘numbers’ in the end, if your approach to the solution is reasonable, you will get the point.
3)Meeting time line is very important. I do not grade the late papers.
4)Please form a study group of 4-5 people. If you have any trouble in forming the group, please let me know – I will help you find your partners.
5)The study group should be used to discuss the possible approaches to the solution, compare output layouts, and improve the quality of one’s own work if needed. It is not to produce a ‘common work’ for the whole group or copy other people’s answer. Everyone should submit his or her own work.
Final Exam (graded by Jim)
: Be sure to deal with ALL questions. In many cases, students spend too much time on hard questions, and later either hurry to touch the rest of problems, or fail to cover all of them. Practice to think and solve quickly. Use your intuitions.