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Coffee and Econometrics in the Morning: Avoiding Loops in R: An Example with Principal Minors
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Want a Coffee and Econometrics Mug? Monday, July 18, 2011. Avoiding Loops in R: An Example with Principal Minors. Yesterday, I found myself wanting to compute a large subset of the second order principal minors of a matrix (diagonal-preserving minors; the ones for which the rows and columns kept are the same). Don't judge. Me for wanting to do this, and bear with me, there is a lesson about R programming here (mostly for me, read the comments for testing). And there's a lot of related theory. This is in R.
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Coffee and Econometrics in the Morning: Recreational R: Simulating a Card Trick
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Want a Coffee and Econometrics Mug? Monday, May 30, 2011. Recreational R: Simulating a Card Trick. In this post, I simulate an interesting card trick, which was described by a friend of mine named Xan. Here's Xan's description of the card trick. I put a deck of cards down face up on the table. Meanwhile you think of a secret number between 1 and 10 - for exposition let's say you pick 4. But I don't just stop on any card. I stop on your current special card. Which I'm not supposed to know. Here's the resu...
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This Young Economist: The Enigma of Silence
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Fifty Educational YouTube Videos. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The Enigma of Silence. The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article today on the Email Enigma: When the Boss's Reply Seems Cryptic. Here's a key excerpt:. Some bosses don't answer at all. Nearly one-third of 700 employees surveyed by researchers at Florida State University said their bosses had given them "the silent treatment" in the preceding year, according to the 2006 study. Posted by Tony Cookson. Five things I read today. Do you have ...
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This Young Economist: Lessons from another car-buying experience
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Fifty Educational YouTube Videos. Monday, September 30, 2013. Lessons from another car-buying experience. If you walk into a car dealership and start negotiating over buying a car, there are phrases that you will likely hear. A few hundred dollars. We don't want to lose you over a few hundred dollars.". Suppose you're considering a $20K-$30K purchase. A few (2-3) hundred is around one percent of the price. Yet, most car buying guides ( example. Make us your best offer. Even worse, the dealer has the opti...
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This Young Economist: Five things I read today -- 7/25
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Fifty Educational YouTube Videos. Saturday, July 25, 2009. Five things I read today - 7/25. 1 I found this one with a search for "How Tall is Paul Krugman? Answer: 5 ft 7 inches, and Americans are short too. 2 I found this one with a search for "How Tall is Greg Mankiw? No Answer, but I did get this cool link from Marginal Revolution: Tall People are Happy. 3 An interesting nudge at Consumerology. 4 Making this Home: What to do with old postcards. 5 Time: Why people in the South are fat. Greg Mankiw is 62.
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This Young Economist: Learn Microeconomics
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Fifty Educational YouTube Videos. Here is a set of links to my YouTube videos. That go with my self-published textbook. I hope you will find these resources useful in learning microeconomics. Moving versus shifting demand curves. Graphing a Linear Demand Curve. Algebra of Supply and Demand. Why Taxes and Producers and Taxes on Consumers Have the Same Effect. Normative vs. Positive (The Wide Scope of Economics). Inelastic Means Paying More Taxes. Marginal Benefit Equals Marginal Cost. Why Diminishing Marg...
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This Young Economist: What is math?
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Fifty Educational YouTube Videos. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Here is a quote from an article I read last week. What, then, to raise the old question once more, is mathematics? The article is a classic in economics by Gale and Shapley. The title? College Admissions and the Stability of Marriage. If you "have a head for inferences," I suggest you read it [ here. It is an interesting and influential paper, and it is only 7 pages long. Posted by Tony Cookson. Labels: economics and life. My main website is.
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Coffee and Econometrics in the Morning: Want a Coffee and Econometrics Mug?
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Want a Coffee and Econometrics Mug? Want a Coffee and Econometrics Mug? Coffee and Econometrics merchandise (not just coffee mugs) is now available. Check out my Cafe Press site. No cream, no sugar. I like my coffee with econometrics.". When coffee isn't enough, try econometrics". Coffee and Econometrics provides a good fit". Increase your power with Coffee and Econometrics". You want WHAT with your coffee? Econometrics. is that weird? Coffee and Econometrics are complements". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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This Young Economist: March 2014
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Fifty Educational YouTube Videos. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The Enigma of Silence. The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article today on the Email Enigma: When the Boss's Reply Seems Cryptic. Here's a key excerpt:. Some bosses don't answer at all. Nearly one-third of 700 employees surveyed by researchers at Florida State University said their bosses had given them "the silent treatment" in the preceding year, according to the 2006 study. Posted by Tony Cookson. Links to this post. My main website is.
