Assignments

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.


ASSIGNMENTS SUPPLEMENATRY MATERIALS
Problem Set 1 (PDF)
Problem Set 2 (PDF) koc2006.dbf (DBF - 2.4 MB)
Problem Set 3 (PDF)
Problem Set 4 (PDF)
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)
Final Paper (PDF)