Problem sets

The best of science is an artful combination of clear argumentation, quantitative computations, and thoughtful English presentation. When you answer these questions you should strive for this high bar. It is almost never a good idea to present a computation with no words surrounding it, instead you always want to fit computations into an argument or explanation, as if you are telling the story of you answering the question.

In these Homework Guidelines we outline the purpose of our homework and give best strategies for answering homework problems.

• Homework 1, due Thursday, January 31st in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 2, due Tuesday, February 5th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 3, due Thursday, February 7th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 4, due Tuesday, February 12th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 5, due Thursday, February 14th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 6, due Tuesday, February 19th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 7, due Thursday, February 21st in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 8, due Tuesday, February 26th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 9, due Tuesday, March 5th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 10, due Thursday, March 7th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 11, due Tuesday, March 12th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 12, Readings for over Spring Break: pdf.
  
• Homework 13, due Thursday, March 28th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 14, due Tuesday, April 2nd in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 15, due Tuesday, April 9th in class: pdf. Simulated fractional frequency difference data in pdf and excel formats.
  
• Homework 16, due Tuesday, April 16th in class: pdf.
• Homework 17, due Wednesday, April 17th in class: pdf. (Note unusual due date).
  
• Homework 18, due Tuesday, April 23rd in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 19, due Thursday, April 25th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 20, due Thursday, May 2nd in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 21, due Tuesday, May 7th in class: pdf.
  
• Homework 22, due Tuesday, May 14th in class: pdf.