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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 [...]
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 [...]
I would like to take extra classes on April 16 (afternoon), 17 (morning) and 18 (morning). Can you consult amongst yourselves and decide the [...]
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 [...]
catdoc is installed on the cespserv. You can use xls2csv on cespserv to convert excel files [...]
Here are some useful tips on [...]
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 [...]
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
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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 [...]
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 [...]