Econometrics: Final grades

Next table summarizes the final grades, including the result of the June 5th exam:

In this link you can find the exam, with some short handwritten explanations. If some component of your grade looks wrong, please send me an e-mail and I will revise the case.

Teaching you has been both, a real challenge because of the lenguage, and a pleasure because of your sympathy and excellent attitude. Sadly I am not so satisfied with my own performance, as my teaching sometimes fell below the standards that I set to myself. Please accept my sincere apologies for these shortcomings.

If I can do something for you, do not hesitate in telling me. Good luck!

Econometrics: Partial grades

Next table summarizes three partial items in your grade: short tests, personal work (your essay about the Campus Crime dataset) and active participation (the periodic e-mails that you have been sending me). They account for 40% of the final grade. The remaining 60% will be determined by the final exam:

In this link you can download the Campus Crime case. I added a summary of my personal solution at the end of the document. Once again, if something looks wrong please tell me and I will revise the case.

The final exam will take place next tuesday, June 5th. It will be similar to previous tests except that:

• It will include 20 questions instead of 10
• As in short tests, there will be three alternatives to answer each question and an additional "blank" option. On the other hand the grading policy will be more strict, that is: 
• a correct answer adds 2 points to the final grade, while
• an incorrect one subtracts 1 point, and
• a blank answer does not add or subtract, so
• the final grade will be the total of points obtained divided by 4

The criterion behind this policy is that the expected grade for someone who answers at random should be zero points. Be aware that the penalty for a wrong answer is therefore thougher than the one I applied in the short tests, so you should very careful when choosing an option.

Econometrics: Test #2

As planned, in May 31th you did the second short test. It consisted in solving the questions in the following test (correct answers in the last page).

The results, as well as the final grade for the test exam component, are the following:

The final grade has been computed as the highest grade from the first and second test, increased by a 20% if both were higher than 5 points. If something looks wrong please tell me and I will revise the case.

By next monday, June 4th, I expect to publish the grades corresponding to partial exams (those in the upper list), individual work (the Campus Crime case) and Active participation (from the e-mails that you have been sending to me). If anyone did not send me the Campus Crime case yet, please do it!