This is the repository for the Math Camp for the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. It contains all the relevant tools and links to the content and get through the allotted two weeks.
In this repository there is a page for each day of work, resources both related to and unrelated to this course, and supplementary material that we feel will either provide more background for those newer to quantitative material or more challenging material for those that have already had prior exposure to quantitative methods. We will go over this in person to make sure that you don't have any issues.
Each successive days' materials will be housed in the following links:
| Day | AM content | PM Content | Problem Sets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and Expectations Slides Text: Chapter 1 |
Intro to Software Slides Text: Chapters 1 & 2 |
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| 2 | Foundations of Quantitative Social Science Slides Text: Chapters 2-4 |
Markdown, LaTeX, & Version Control Slides Text: Chapters 3 & 4 |
Pset 1: Due Day 3 TeX/.Rmd/PDF |
| 3 | Algebra Review Slides Text: Siegel & Moore ch. 2, ch 3 |
R: Structures, Syntax, & Functions Text: Chapters 5 & 6 |
Pset 2: Due Day 5 TeX/.Rmd/PDF |
| 4 | Matrices and Pre-Calculus Slides Text: Siegel & Moore, ch. 4 |
R: tidyverse 1Text: Chapter 8 |
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| 5 | Calculus I: Derivatives Slides Text: Siegel & Moore, ch. 5 & 6 |
R: tidyverse 2 + Data Management ConsiderationsText: Chapter 7 |
Pset 3: Due Day 7 TeX/.Rmd/PDF |
| 6 | Calculus II: Integrals Slides Text: Siegel & Moore, ch. 7 |
No Session | |
| 7 | Concepts in Probability Slides |
No Session | Pset 4: Due Day 8 TeX/.Rmd/PDF |
| 8 | Review Slides |
Drop-In Hours w/ Sarah |