Model Thinking Schedule - Fall / Winter 2013
October 7 - Sections 1 and 2. Quiz 1 opens (Due October 14).
Section 1: Introduction: Why Model?
Section 2: Segregation and Peer Effects
October 14 – Sections 3 and 4; Quiz 2 opens (Due October 21).
Section 3: Aggregation
Section 4: Decision Models
October 21 – Sections 5 and 6; Quiz 3 opens (Due October 28).
Section 5: Thinking Electrons: Modeling People
Section: Categorical and Linear Models
October 28 – Sections 7 and 8; Quiz 4 opens (Due November 4).
Section 7: Tipping Points
Section 8: Economic Growth
November 4 – Sections 9 and 10; Quiz 5 opens (Due November 11).
Section 9: Diversity and Innovation
Section 10: Markov Processes
Midterm Exam opens November 11. Due November 18.
November 18 – Sections 11 and 12; Quiz 6 opens (Due November 25).
Section 11: Lyapunov Functions
Section 12: Coordination and Culture
November 25 – Sections 13 and 14; Quiz 7 opens (Due December 2).
Section 13: Path Dependence
Section 14: Networks
December 2 – Sections 15 and 16; Quiz 8 opens (Due December 9).
Section 15: Randomness and Random Walks
Section 16: Colonel Blotto
December 9 – Sections 17 and 18; Quiz 9 opens (Due December 16).
Section 17: Prisoners’ Dilemma and Collective Action
Section 18: Mechanism Design
December 16 – Sections 19 and 20; Quiz 10 opens (Due December 23).
Section 19: Learning Models: Replicator Dynamics
Section 20: Prediction and the Many Model Thinker
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Model Thinking Schedule - Fall / Winter 2013 October 7 - Sections 1 and 2. Quiz 1 opens (Due October 14). Section 1: Introduction: Why Model? Section 2: Segregation and Peer Effects
October 14 – Sections 3 and 4; Quiz 2 opens (Due October 21). Section 3: Aggregation Section 4: Decision Models
October 21 – Sections 5 and 6; Quiz 3 opens (Due October 28). Section 5: Thinking Electrons: Modeling People Section: Categorical and Linear Models
October 28 – Sections 7 and 8; Quiz 4 opens (Due November 4). Section 7: Tipping Points Section 8: Economic Growth
November 4 – Sections 9 and 10; Quiz 5 opens (Due November 11). Section 9: Diversity and Innovation Section 10: Markov Processes
Midterm Exam opens November 11. Due November 18.
November 18 – Sections 11 and 12; Quiz 6 opens (Due November 25). Section 11: Lyapunov Functions Section 12: Coordination and Culture
November 25 – Sections 13 and 14; Quiz 7 opens (Due December 2). Section 13: Path Dependence Section 14: Networks
December 2 – Sections 15 and 16; Quiz 8 opens (Due December 9). Section 15: Randomness and Random Walks Section 16: Colonel Blotto
December 9 – Sections 17 and 18; Quiz 9 opens (Due December 16). Section 17: Prisoners’ Dilemma and Collective Action Section 18: Mechanism Design
December 16 – Sections 19 and 20; Quiz 10 opens (Due December 23). Section 19: Learning Models: Replicator Dynamics Section 20: Prediction and the Many Model Thinker
Final Exam opens December 17. Due December 31.