Choices

[kbuzard]

@ecn310/development Your project team was unable to submit a draft data and results section last weekend, and unable to present results in class today. Successfully completing the project will require remedial action. In my view, in order to complete a high-quality project, you should aim to

1. submit a draft data and results section (that was due last week) by Wednesday, Nov. 27;
2. take my feedback on that draft (which I can deliver on Friday, Nov. 29 at the latest) to make improvements and present in class on Tuesday, Dec. 3 (in place of today's presentation).

I know that everyone has their own plans and priorities, especially over the long break. I will therefore execute the following plan that respects individual choice:

1. The team can decide now to split into two teams (this could be teams of two people or one team of three and an individual): those who want to complete the work outlined above over break, and those who prefer to re-start work on the project after the break. I will make a copy of the repo, and each "new" team will have an exact copy of what exists now and will diverge from there to complete separate projects.
2. The part of the team that wants to work over break will formulate a detailed work plan that assigns deliverables to each member in a way that is explicitly agreed to by all members of the team. The team will record the details and deliverables of all work done on this Github repo so that I am kept current on all developments. Any member who does not complete their assigned tasks by the given deadlines will be split off into a separate team (potentially joining anyone who has already split off).

Note that I have a fixed amount of time to assist and provide feedback; I devote a lot of time to this, but my time is not infinite. If I am running up against time constraints, I will provide support and feedback on a first come, first served basis. I have a LOT more time over Thanksgiving break than what I will have once break is over.

Please reply here with your decisions and plans. I will interpret a non-reply by noon tomorrow (Friday) as indicating a choice to postpone work until after break.

[lirioslu]

This is a plan that me and Megha have come up with for the following weeks.

Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
First draft of results / discussion section(s)	11/27/2024		Filo	Megha will work on the tables
Finalize replication package plan	11/28/2024		Megha
Draft and Write analysis section	11/30/2024		Sergio
Present final plan	12/3/24		All of us
Finalize analysis section	12/5/2024		Megha
Finalize data section	12/5/2024		Lucia
Finalize hypothesis/theory section	12/5/2024		Filo
Finalize lit review and references	12/5/2024		Sergio
Finalize discussion / conclusion	12/5/2024		Sergio
Finalize abstract / intro	12/5/2024		Megha and Lucia
Execute replication package plan	12/6/2024		Megha
Finalize replication package for testing	12/6/2024		Lucia
Revise replication package	12/7/2024		Lucia
First draft of report	12/8/2024		All of us
Revise report	12/10/2024		Megha and Lucia
Deliver report to outside reader	12/10/2024		Megha	We will give the report to Sophia
Replication package testing by insider	12/10/2024		Sergio
Preliminary replication package testing by outsider	12/10/2024	Lucia	Lucia will ask her roommate
Edit report / incorporate feedback from outsider reader	12/11/2024		Sergio
Final replication package testing by outsider	12/10/2024		Filo
Final proofread of replication package	12/12/2024		Megha	Will use grammarly (or the writing center)
Final proofread of report	12/15/2024		Sergio	Will use grammarly (or the writing center)
Submit whole package	12/16/2024		Megha

[kbuzard]

@ecn310/development I'm checking in because it seemed to me yesterday that @spsotelo planned to work over Thanksgiving. Can someone bring me up to speed on what's going on here?

Also, the work plan I was thinking of was the work over the break that it would take to deliver the data and results section, and then the presentation.

[Meiska12]

Plan for the team over Thanksgiving break - @kbuzard, please look at this plan.

Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
Get the merged data for DEVELOPED countries	11/21/2024	11/23/2024	Megha	Done
Get the merged data for DEVELOPING countries	11/26/2024	11/26/24	Sergio and Filo	Megha can help clarify doubts
Run the tests T-test and other correlation tests for each dataset and get graphs	11/27/2024	11/27/24	Sergio	Lucia can help
Preliminary replication Package Plan	11/27/2024		Megha (developed) and Sergio (developing)		Probably can be done later
Review replication Package Plan	11/28/2024		Filo and Lucia		Probably can be done later
Execute the replication package	11/28/2024		Filo and Lucia		This is for testing before we can decide to do it later too
Update the Master doc	11/29/2024		Filo
First draft of data portion of replication package	11/28/2024		Megha and Filo	Sergio and Lucia review
First draft of results / discussion section(s)	11/28/2024		Filo and Lucia	Sergio and Megha review
Draft and Write analysis section (including what's on the overleaf	11/29/2024		Sergio and Lucia	Megha and Filo review
Get feedback from Professor Buzard	11/29/24		Professor Buzard	others can help
Work on the feedback by Prof Buzard	11/01/24	Everyone works on their respective section	others can help
Make a presentation with all the findings - Github, PPT, etc.	12/02/2024		Everyone
Present final plan	12/3/24		All of us

Overleaf Designations - By Sunday Early Afternoon	Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
Section 2: Data Overview	12/01/2024	Incomplete	Filo
Section 3 + 2.1 : Data Aquisition	12/01/2024	12/01/2024	Megha
Section 4 + 2.2? : Data Manipulation	12/01/2024	12/01/2024	Lucia
Section 5 & 6: Linking Data sets and Key Variables	12/01/2024		Sergio

Go back to the section on writing about the results and the data analysis on Overleaf. I'm not sure which existing section that is or how to make the new one, @kbuzard.

Not Necessary ATM	Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
Finalize analysis section	12/01/2024		Megha
Finalize data section	12/01/2024		Lucia
Finalize hypothesis/theory section	12/01/2024		Filo
Finalize lit review and references	12/01/2024		Sergio
Finalize discussion / conclusion	12/01/2024		Lucia
Finalize abstract / intro	12/01/2024		Megha
Make a presentation with all the findings - Github, PPT, etc.	12/02/2024		Filo		Everyone helps
Present final plan	12/3/24		All of us

[kbuzard]

@ecn310/development I would advise focusing on getting the analysis done and the data/results sections written (there's no use finalizing lit review, intro, etc. until you've gotten feedback on the results).

I also don't understand where you list the results and analysis sections; these are the same thing, aren't they? Analysis is the work that we do, and we title the section of the report where we present the results of the analysis "Results."

I don't understand clearly when you'd be ready for my feedback on the data/results. That has to be top priority, and as soon as possible so there is time to iterate on the results before you present in class on 12/3 (one week from today!).

• Relatedly, this plan is missing the revision of the analysis that comes from any feedback I give you. Is that "Finalize analysis section?" If so, that sounds like the writing, but someone will need to work on the analysis.

Yes, someone should make the replication plan; but NOT at the expense of getting the analysis done and written up into the results section.

I think the entries toward the bottom that start with 11 for the date should be 12.

[Meiska12]

Hello Professor @kbuzard, Please take a look at our overleaf, thanks.

[kbuzard]

Hello Professor @kbuzard, Please take a look at our overleaf, thanks.

I need to know which file to look at. I don't see anything but the template language in development_report..tex.

[Meiska12]

Hello Professor @kbuzard, Please take a look at our overleaf, thanks.

I need to know which file to look at. I don't see anything but the template language in development_report..tex.

Here please - https://www.overleaf.com/project/66fdd38958b394d8058857ba

[kbuzard]

Hello Professor @kbuzard, Please take a look at our overleaf, thanks.

I need to know which file to look at. I don't see anything but the template language in development_report..tex.

Here please - https://www.overleaf.com/project/66fdd38958b394d8058857ba

I'm not sure how to give you feedback on data.tex at this point that makes sense. data.tex was prep work for the data section (and maybe some of the results section) in the actual report. A lot of it will go into the replication package, and only the key parts into the report. Wouldn't you rather have feedback on the actual report write up?

[Meiska12]

Hello Professor @kbuzard, Please take a look at our overleaf, thanks.

I need to know which file to look at. I don't see anything but the template language in development_report..tex.

Here please - https://www.overleaf.com/project/66fdd38958b394d8058857ba

I'm not sure how to give you feedback on data.tex at this point that makes sense. data.tex was prep work for the data section (and maybe some of the results section) in the actual report. A lot of it will go into the replication package, and only the key parts into the report. Wouldn't you rather have feedback on the actual report write up?

I think there has been a misunderstanding as the group thought we were supposed to hand in the overleaf for the write-up, and then the replication package could be made once the overleaf was completed. There is confusion about what the "actual report" is. So, it is the replication package that you will look into?

[kbuzard]

I think there has been a misunderstanding as the group thought we were supposed to hand in the overleaf for the write-up, and then the replication package could be made once the overleaf was completed. There is confusion about what the "actual report" is. So, it is the replication package that you will look into?

@ecn310/development I will look at two things: the report (someone renamed the template as "Developement_report.tex as instructed; although the instructions were actually to leave the original template in place and make a copy so you could refer back to it if you needed, but this is not a big deal for me) and the replication package.

See slides 12 and 13 from Nov. 14 slide deck about what the assignment was for that first (partial--just the data and results sections) submission of the report due Nov. 15.

[Meiska12]

Hello Team, and @kbuzard

After much deliberation about the group's progress and the work that has been distributed amongst us, we believe that it would be reasonable to create a grade differentiator between Filo and the other members. The work, time, and effort do not seem to be on the same page as the rest of us. It seems unfair if we all received the same grade.

This is also based on the need for more commitment to work on assignments in due time and only clarifying at the last minute when other members had to take up their responsibilities. Hence, as Professor Buzard suggested, at this stage of time, you can separate from the group or get a letter grade lower than Lucia, Sergio, and myself (Megha).

[Meiska12]

New Task Sheet

Overleaf - Development_report.tex	Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
Section 2: Literature review	12/06/2024		Megha
Section 4: Data	12/06/2024	12/03/2024	Lucia
Section 5: Results	12/06/2024		Sergio
Section 6: Discussion	12/06/2024		Filo

• Tests to run mft as a percentage of GDP
• A T-test on manufacturing between developed and developing.
• No regression tests

[Meiska12]

Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
Get the results with the 2019 data	12/10/2024		Sergio	12/12/24
Run the correlation tests - (t-test)	12/10/2024		Sergio	12/12/24
Write up the results sections	12/10/2024		Sergio	12/12/24
Replication Package	12/13/2024		Megha	12/14/24	`
Read.Me	12/12/2024		Lucia and Filo	12/14/24	`
Abstract and conclusion	12/14/2024		Filo

• Run a correlation test between manufacturing and GDP per capita for each developed and developing country. - Done by Sergio
• A T-test for the two variables of developed and developing - Done by Sergio and Megha
• Scatterplot and graphs - Done by Megha

@kbuzard, please take a look at our overleaf doc; thank you. Unfortunately, I can no longer see the comments for the theory section, so please look at the section again.

[kbuzard]

@kbuzard, please take a look at our overleaf doc; thank you. Unfortunately, I can no longer see the comments for the theory section, so please look at the section again.

Are you asking me to look at Development_report.tex? If so, which sections specifically?

[Meiska12]

@kbuzard, please look at our overleaf doc; thank you. Unfortunately, I can no longer see the comments for the theory section, so please look at the section again.

Are you asking me to look at Development_report.tex? If so, which sections specifically?

Yes, on that .tex the sections are Lit Review, Theory, Data, Results, and Discussion. All five, apart from Intro and conclusion.

[kbuzard]

Yes, on that .tex the sections are Lit Review, Theory, Data, Results, and Discussion. All five, apart from Intro and conclusion.

@ecn310/development I have a busy morning and early afternoon tomorrow, but I will try to get you comprehensive feedback by early evening. I took a very quick look for low-hanging fruit, and this is what I saw:

• If you want feedback on the results section at that point, you should fully describe each of the figures and tables.
• Your data section needs to include summary statistics tables.
  • It also needs to remove the "To prepare the data for an accurate analysis, we plan to follow a series of standardized steps on which we can expand on subsequently..." bit.
  • You don't need to included details about your process in the body of the report--that all goes in the replication package.
  • My guess is that this section probably needs to be updated more generally.
• Also, I can't do a good job on the literature review with your references section missing.
• I see that you talk about relying on aggregate data as a limitation. I agree--and this is a limitation that you have the easy means to address. You should add at least correlations (as we've talked about before)

[kbuzard]

@ecn310/development Here are my broad comments, with more specific ones on Overleaf. Let me know (here) if you have any questions! I don't get notifications if you reply to a comment in Overleaf.

1. Your literature review reads more like an introduction. Yes, it's citing some literature. But it's mostly telling a story about the context. The literature review should cover more papers (at least seven) and say what they have found and how what you are doing contributes to the literature (that is, does something different that wasn't known in the literature).
   • They should all be reflected in the Bibliography section.
2. I re-entered my comments on the theory sectioin
3. The data section is improved; it just needs to be a bit clearer and to include and discuss summary statistics (tables with means, medians, counts, etc.)
   • Somewhere in the data section, you need to state that you only analyze up through 2019 to avoid the pandemic.
4. The results section should be written as prose, not bullet points.
   • The graphs need to be better explained--that is, that you're taking averages across all the countries in each group for each year.
   • You don't need four separate graphs for four variables. You can combine this down to two. I'd suggest putting the GDP graphs together into one and the manufacturing together. This will then show clearly that they are at different levels from each other and make this section SO much easier to read.
   • Again, all your graphs need notes that explain what is in them. See the instructions in Greenlaw.
5. You need to tell the reader about the limitations of your data in the Data section.

[Meiska12]

New tasks - Monday 12/23/24

Overleaf - Development_report.tex	Task	Target Date	Completed Date	Assignee	Notes
Section 1: Intro review and a para	12/21/2024	12/21/2024	Megha	Added a middle para to elaborate on the essence of our topic
Replication Package Feedback round 1	12/20/2024	12/20/24	Megha	Sent to Ryan and Prof Buzard
Section 2: Literature review - Feedback	12/21/2024		Filo		Rework
Section 2: Bibliography	12/22/2024		Filo
Section 4: Data	12/21/2024	12/21/2024		Lucia	1. Back-up Megha (if need be) 2. Check the organization: some graphs are not under the right title and are not labeled
Section 5: Results (graphs)	12/21/2024	12/21/2024	Sergio	Back up will be Lucia checking and putting the graphs in, if necessary
Section 6: Discussion	12/21/2024		Filo	there is feedback left to be worked upon	'
Appendix	12/22/2024		Megha