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      <title>Week 1: Probability and Conditional Probaiblity</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/01_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please read the &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/syllabus/&#34;&gt;syllabus&lt;/a&gt; page for this class.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whichever is more helpful:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapters 1 and 2&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 1&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/01-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 1&lt;/a&gt; is due February 3 at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introduction to the course: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/00_intro.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/00_intro_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Probability: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/01_probability.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/01_probability_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conditional Probability: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/02_conditional_probability.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/02_conditional_probability_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Handwritten notes on birthday problem and conditional probability: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_02_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 2: Conditional Probability and Random Variables</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/02_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapters 2 and 3&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 2&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3Blue1Brown: &lt;a href=&#34;https://youtu.be/lG4VkPoG3ko&#34;&gt;The medical test paradox: Can redesigning Bayes rule help?&lt;/a&gt; (optional, but possibly helpful)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/01-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 1&lt;/a&gt; is due February 3 at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/02-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 2&lt;/a&gt; is due February 10 at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We’ll start the week finishing up conditional probability and then move onto random variables:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conditional Probability: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/02_conditional_probability.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/02_conditional_probability_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_03_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (M 2/1)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Random Variables: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/03_variables.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/03_variables_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_04_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (W 2/3)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 3: Expectation</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/03_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapters 4&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 2 (various sections)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/02-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 2&lt;/a&gt; is due February 10 at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Problem Set 3 will be distributed on Thursday, February 11th and is due February 17 at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Expectation: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/04_expectation.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/04_expectation_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_05_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (M 2/8)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_06_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (W 2/10)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 4: Continuous Random Variables</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/04_materials/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapters 5.1-5.3&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 2 (various sections)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/03-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 3&lt;/a&gt; is due February 17 at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Problem Set 4 will be distributed on Thursday, February 18th and is due February 24th at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Continuous Random Variables: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/05_continuous.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/05_continuous_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Board Notes (W 2/18): &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_07_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Midterm</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/midterm/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;preparation&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Preparation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/midterm-prac.pdf&#34;&gt;Practice problems (and solutions)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 5: Multivariate Distributions</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/05_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapters 7&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 4&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/04-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 4&lt;/a&gt; is due February 25th at 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Multivariate Distributions: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/06_multivariate.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/06_multivariate_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Board Notes (M 2/22): &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_08_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Board Notes (W 2/24): &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_09_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 6: Normal Distribution</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/06_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapters 5.4, 7.5&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 5&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Normal Distributions: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/07_normal.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/07_normal_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_10_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (W 3/3)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_11_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (M 3/8)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <title>Week 7: Sampling, Estimation, and Asymptotics</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/07_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapter 10&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 6-7&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/05-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 5&lt;/a&gt; is due on March 17th.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sampling and Estimation: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/08_sampling.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/08_sampling_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Asymptotics: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/09_asymptotics.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/09_asymptotics_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Board Notes (M 3/8): &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_11_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Board Notes (W 3/10): &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_12_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 8: Asymptotics &#43; Hypothesis testing</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/08_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapter 10&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): Chapter 6-7 (for asymptotics), 13 (hypothesis testing)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/05-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 5&lt;/a&gt; is due on March 17th.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Problem Set 6 will go out on March 18th.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Asymptotics: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/09_asymptotics.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/09_asymptotics_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Board Notes (M 3/15): &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_13_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hypothesis testing: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/10_hypothesis_tests.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/10_hypothesis_tests_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_14_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (W 3/17)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
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      <title>Week 9: Confidence Intervals &#43; Conditional Expectation</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/09_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapter 9 (conditional expectation)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Intro): 14 (confidence intervals)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Econometrics): Chapter 2.1-2.13 (conditional expectation)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/06-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 6&lt;/a&gt; is due on March 24th.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No problem set to be released this week due to wellness day.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hypothesis testing: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/10_hypothesis_tests.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/10_hypothesis_tests_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_15_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (M 3/22)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Confidence intervals: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/11_conf_int.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/11_conf_int_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_16_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (W 3/24)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conditional expectation: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/12_cond_exp.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/12_cond_exp_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <title>Week 10: Conditional Expectation</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/10_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/10_material/</guid>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blitzstein and Hwang: Chapter 9 (conditional expectation)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Econometrics): Chapter 2.1-2.13 (conditional expectation)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No problem set due this week due to wellness day.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/07-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 7&lt;/a&gt; due Wednesday April 7th, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conditional expectation: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/12_cond_exp.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/12_cond_exp_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_17_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (M 3/29)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <title>Week 11: Conditional Expectation </title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/11_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/11_material/</guid>
      <description>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Econometrics): Chapter 2.14-2.25&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/07-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 7&lt;/a&gt; due Wednesday April 7th, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/08-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 8&lt;/a&gt; due Thursday April 15th, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conditional expectation: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/12_cond_exp.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/12_cond_exp_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Linear model: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/13_linear_model.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/13_linear_model_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_18_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (M 4/5)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/notes/lecture_19_board_notes.pdf&#34;&gt;Board Notes (W 4/7)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Week 12: Algebra of Least Squares</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/12_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/12_material/</guid>
      <description>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Econometrics): Chapter 3&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/08-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 8&lt;/a&gt; due Thursday April 15th, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/09-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 9&lt;/a&gt; due Thursday April 22nd, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Linear model: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/13_linear_model.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/13_linear_model_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Least squares: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/14_least_squares.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/14_least_squares_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <title>Week 13: Statistical Properties of OLS</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/13_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/13_material/</guid>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hansen (Econometrics): Chapter 4, 7&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/09-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 9&lt;/a&gt; due Thursday April 22nd, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Least Squares Properties: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/15_ols_properties.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/15_ols_properties_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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      <title>Week 14: Panel and Clustered Data</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/14_material/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/14_material/</guid>
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&lt;div id=&#34;reading&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lecture notes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;assignments&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Assignments&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/10-problem-set/&#34;&gt;Problem Set 10&lt;/a&gt; due Thursday April 29th, 11:59pm ET.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;slides-and-notes&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Slides and notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Least Squares Properties: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/15_ols_properties.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/15_ols_properties_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Panel and Clustered Data: &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/16_clustering_panel.pdf&#34;&gt;Slides&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/16_clustering_panel_handout.pdf&#34;&gt;Handout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id=&#34;videos&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/82476/pages/zoom-video-links&#34;&gt;Zoom Video Links&lt;/a&gt; (behind Harvard login)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Final Exam Materials</title>
      <link>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/final/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/materials/final/</guid>
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&lt;div id=&#34;preparation&#34; class=&#34;section level2&#34;&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Preparation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/assignments/final-prac.pdf&#34;&gt;Practice problems (and solutions)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/Gov2k2-Final-Jeopardy-2021.pptx&#34;&gt;Jeopardy board&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&#34;https://gov2002.mattblackwell.org/slides/Gov2k2-Final-Jeopardy-2021.pdf&#34;&gt;PDF version&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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