Special software is required to use some of the files in this section: .xls and .dbf.
Students are expected to complete 6 problem sets as well as a final paper. The assignments and instructions for the final paper are provided below. Any references to 'Athena' refer to MIT's campus-wide, UNIX® based computing environment.
Course assignments.
| ASSIGNMENTS |
SUPPLEMENATRY MATERIALS |
| Problem Set 1 (PDF) |
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| Problem Set 2 (PDF) |
koc2006.dbf (DBF - 2.4 MB) |
| Problem Set 3 (PDF) |
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| Problem Set 4 (PDF) |
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| Problem Set 5 (PDF) |
hw5_table.xls (XLS) |
| Problem Set 6 (PDF) |
Census 2000 SF3 Documentation (PDF - 5.9 MB)
Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) (PDF - 4.6 MB) |
| Final Paper Topic Selection (PDF) |
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| Final Paper (PDF) |
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