文本案例lecturereview重要.pdfVIP

ReviewGuidance

◼ReviewGuidancewithSysMaps(onNexus):

“Review_MULTIPLEREGRESSIONANALYSIS.pdf”

“Review_TIMESERIESMODELS.pdf”

“Review_QUALITATIVERESPONSEMODELS.pdf”

“Review_PANELDATAMODELS.pdf”

TheBigPicture

ExamFormatExamFAQs

◼FormatofExamPaper

❑SectionA–1compulsoryquestion

❑SectionB–3questions

❑AnswerthequestioninsectionAand1questionfromsectionB

❑1hourandahalfexam

❑Seesamplepaperforaguide

◼FormatofExamQuestions

❑someSTATAoutputgiven-interpretoutput

❑otherpartsofthequestionaskaroundconceptstaughtinlecture

❑questionsnotalwaysaskeddirectlyontheconcept:

❑E.g.“Explainhowmodelfitismeasuredinqualitativeresponsemodels”–thisisa

questiononCountPseudoR-squared

ExamFormatExamFAQs

◼WillIhavetorunaregressionintheexam?

❑No

◼WillIneedtoremembertheSTATAcommands?

❑No–andyourexamanswershouldNOTdescribeaconceptexplaininghowtodoitinSTATA

◼WillIberequiredtodoanycomputations?

❑Yes,forsomequestions(e.g.Logitmodel,quadraticvariables)

❑Pleasebringyourcalculator(thathastobesilent,self-containedandwithaSingle-line

Display).

◼Isitfinetohaveamechanicalinterpretationoftheoutput?

❑NO,ifyouwanttogetgoodmarks–youneedtoreadmoreexamplesfromthetextbooks

❑Someintuitionrequiredinyouranswers–arethecoefficientsinlinewithwhatyouwould

expect(aprioriexpectations)?

ExamFormatExamFAQs

◼HowmanydecimalplacesshouldIuse?

◼Generallyspeaking,usethreedecimalplaces

◼Exception:ifrequiremorethan3d.p.forput.

◼E.g.0.0004–thisis0(or0%)to3d.p.but0.0004(or0.4%)to4d.p.

◼E.g.forturningpoint,ifdenominator/numeratoris