Publications by Erick Gong
Document
This milestone involves: Creating a poster Presenting at the Econ/IPE Poster Session At this stage, you have a set of main results and have a story for your thesis. Now you get to present and highlight your work to an econ-centric audience. The Poster The poster is similar to the slide deck in that it should motivate the reader (i.e. a hook) ...
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Lab 1
Getting Started Before beginning this lab, make sure you’ve: created a sub-folder for this assignment (ie, Lab1) within your ECON_210 folder; within your assignment sub-folder, created another sub-folder called DATA; downloaded the necessary data from the WordPress site and saved it to your assignment-specific subfolder; set your working direc...
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PS 4
Covid-19: Estimating Prevalence Herd immunity refers to the state when enough people in the population become immune to COVID-19 that the spread of the coronavirus slows or stops. The big question is what proportion of the population needs to be immune to achieve this protection. If herd immunity is a possibility, it would help policy makers and ...
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Blog Post
This is the capstone research project for this class, blending statistical analysis and communication. The UpShot is widely read by academics and non-academics. Each post is generally well-written, has an interesting question and a key point, and gets to the point fast. It features statistical analysis and visualizations as needed to drive the ke...
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Syllabus
SP 2021 Semester Class times: Mon/Wed (Section A: 11:30-12:20 pm) or (Section B: 12:40-1:30 pm) Lab Times: Tuesday (Y 1:55-2:25 pm) (Z 3:00-3:55 pm) Office hours: Mon/Wed 12:20-12:40; Tues 2:25-3:00 pm; Thurs 12-2 pm Peer Tutoring Times: Mon 4-5 PM, Thursday 3:30-4:30 and 7-8 pm Who can help me? Instructor: Erick Gong Peer Tutors: Natalie ...
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Lab 1
Getting Started Before beginning this lab, make sure you’ve: created a sub-folder for this assignment (ie, Lab_1) within your ECON_210>Labs folder; within your assignment sub-folder, created another sub-folder called DATA; downloaded the necessary data from the WordPress site and saved it to your assignment-specific subfolder; set your working...
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Lab_0
The goal of these notes is to introduce you to some foundational concepts in computing and statistical programming. It may seem like a lot at first but it will become clearer with time. As you practice working in R, you’ll learn many techniques and ways of thinking abstractly and quantitatively about problems. These notes will familiarize you w...
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Lab_0
The goal of these notes is to introduce you to some foundational concepts in computing and statistical programming. It may seem like a lot at first but it will become clearer with time. As you practice working in R, you’ll learn many techniques and ways of thinking abstractly and quantitatively about problems. These notes will familiarize you w...
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Lab -1 OneDrive and Organize
Where should I store my files/data? We strongly recommend using either OneDrive or Dropbox to store your files. They are both cloud-based storage that works fairly seemlesly on your laptop. Which one to choose? OneDrive is provided by Middlebury College for free. You’ll want to install the OneDrive client on your laptop. Go to Middlebury ITS Wi...
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Lab_0
The goal of these notes is to introduce you to some foundational concepts in computing and statistical programming. It may seem like a lot at first but it will become clearer with time. As you practice working in R, you’ll learn many techniques and ways of thinking abstractly and quantitatively about problems. These notes will familiarize you w...
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