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Analyzing the Last Five Years of the US Economy for an Intermediate Macro Course
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Analyzing the Last Five Years of the US Economy for an Intermediate Macro Course
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Intermediate students are asked to analyze data on the components of consumption and investment expenditures and explanatory variables based on textbook models of each. Students look for rough correlations between the explanatory and dependent variables.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Steven Greenlaw
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Comparison of GDP and the Human Development Index (HDI).
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Comparison of GDP and the Human Development Index (HDI).
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This assignment exposes students to data on economic growth and development as commonly measured by per capita GDP and the Human Development Index (HDI) for 100 countries of the world. There is a big debate about how good an indicator HDI is compared to GDP per capita as a measure of development.

Subject:
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Meherun Ahmed
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Data Rich Economic Policy Brief
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Data Rich Economic Policy Brief
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This assignment asks students to write a data-rich policy brief, showing their ability to apply standard microeconomic models and contextualizing the policy debate with numeric evidence.

Subject:
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Nathan Grawe
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Do Quantitative Indicators Make Qualitative Meaning? Analysis of World Development Indicators, Human Development Indicators, and Happy Planet Indicators
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Do Quantitative Indicators Make Qualitative Meaning? Analysis of World Development Indicators, Human Development Indicators, and Happy Planet Indicators
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In this assignment, a group of four to five students will select one country that has been ranked in the World Development Indicators of the World Bank, the Human Development Indicators of the United Nations Development Program, and the Happy Planet Indicator of the New Economic Foundation. Using the selected country's political, social, and economic statistics, each group will assess the methodology and validity of the measurements of WDI, HDI, and HPI indicators for the country. Students will compare and contrast the measurement methods, analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each indicator, and propose recommendations to improve these indicators.

Subject:
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Tun Myint
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Empirical Economics Research Proposal
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Empirical Economics Research Proposal
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This assignment asks students to propose an original research question and identify data that could be used to answer that question.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Nathan Grawe
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Environmental Injustice: Evaluating the Evidence
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Environmental Injustice: Evaluating the Evidence
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This assignment teaches students how to evaluate arguments concerning the maldistribution of environmental hazards, based on complex quantitative data.

Subject:
Applied Science
Ecology
Environmental Science
Geoscience
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Kimberly Smith
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Exploring Economic Inequality with Data
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Exploring Economic Inequality with Data
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This set of assignments exposes students to data which can be used to analyze economic inequality in international and historical context. Then students are asked to generate a thesis-driven argument drawing supporting evidence from one or more of the data sources.

Subject:
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Nathan Grawe
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Measuring Wellbeing Across Racial Groups Using Data and Statistics
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Measuring Wellbeing Across Racial Groups Using Data and Statistics
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This set of assignments exposes students to statistics and data pertaining to economic wellbeing over time across racial (black-white) categories in the U.S.

Subject:
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Jenny Wahl
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Teaching Principles Students How to Assess the State of the Economy
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Teaching Principles Students How to Assess the State of the Economy
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Principles of economics students are asked to collect and analyze data on a few macro economic aggregates to give them a first taste of empirical work.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Steven Greenlaw
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Writing Precise Explanations of Graphic/Tabular Display of Economic Data
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Writing Precise Explanations of Graphic/Tabular Display of Economic Data
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This assignment asks for short, precise explanations of economic data displayed in graphs and tables.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Dean Peterson
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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Writing about Numbers We Should Know
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Writing about Numbers We Should Know
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This opening assignment for an introductory quantitative reasoning course asks students to write about "Numbers We Should Know." Its goal is to help students begin to think quantitatively, evaluate the sources of quantitative information critically, and write using numbers precisely and thoughtfully.

Subject:
Economics
Mathematics
Psychology
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Neil Lutsky
Date Added:
08/28/2012
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