Successful Papers from Previous Years
- 2021
- Daniel Burge
- Danielle Ciaurro and Gabriel Carney
- Sarah Hein
- Didem Bayar
- 2020
- Leslie Kwan's final paper
- Jason Cohn's final paper
- 2018
- Fran Alba's final paper
- Drishti Pillai's final paper
- Sarita Sapkota's final paper
- 2017
- Melissa Diliberti's final paper
- Before 2017
- A paper from this class that was published: Kruse, 2017.
Blackboard
Accessing Stata
You will need to use some sort of statistical software for this class. The TA and I can support you in using Stata. You're welcome to use another software, but you will be on your own for support.
You can use Stata on the cloud at GW; reviews so far are not very encouraging. Contact the TA with questions about how to do this.
In non-pandemic times, you can also use Stata on GW library computers. Most students seem to feel this is the better option.
If you cannot access the library, I strongly encourage you just to buy a student license for Stata. See information here. You'll need Stata-SE, and I think that this is well worth the $125 cost.
Learning Stata
If you'd like to do some Stata self-study before the semester begins in earnest, I highly recommend
- UCLA's Stata Learning Modules. I'd focus on the first two “fundamentals”.
- Chapter 1 of UCLA's Regression with Stata
- A great intro by a German sociologist here
Math Review
A student highly recommended these math videos if you'd like to brush up on some math for this (or other) courses.
GWU Statistical Computing Support
GW has online support for students using statistical software. Book appointments here.