(*)  Please download and read the course syllabus .  ⇐ UPDATED (6/29)

(*)  A list of students interested in forming study groups is here.  Students can also use the Forums (see the menu on the upper left of this page) to ask/answer questions.  To see the forum discussions and/or add comments, you must be logged in with your cruzid (in fact, you can't even see the Forums link without being logged in).

ANNOUNCEMENTS

7/26  - The FINAL EXAM is tomorrow,  Friday, 7/27, 1:00 - 3:30 pm in the regular classroom. 

(*) Bring your student ID

(*) Bring a calculator that can find square roots.

(*) When you sit, make sure that there is at least one seat between you and your nearest neighbors. If you are sitting in the back four rows, then there should be at least two seats between you and your nearest neighbors. 

(*) Some formulas will be provided with the exam: the formulas for standard errors in particular, and possibly some others. A normal table and a t-table will also be provided. 

7/26 - Slides from yesterday's lecture are posted below. 

7/21 - Review problems for the Final Exam are HERE.  Solutions are HERE (posted 7/23). The TAs will go over these problems in section this week. You can also ask about them in office hours. 

7/20 - Solutions to Quiz 4 are posted below.

7/19 - Slides from yesterday's lecture are posted below (the handwritten slides are available to see in my office).

7/15 - Slides from today's lecture are posted below. (Two practice exercises are included at the end.) 

7/13 - Solutions to Quiz 3 are posted below.

(*) The syllabus has been updated... In particular, the TOPICS COVERED BY QUIZZES  2 - 4  HAVE CHANGED. 

(*) Links to the articles that I mentioned in class on 6/25 (about confirmation bias and human's difficulty with accepting new facts) are here and here. 

Lecture Slides and Quiz solutions
CONTACT INFORMATION

Instructor: Yonatan Katznelson
Office: J.Baskin Engineering , 361B
Phone: (831) 459 1046 
Email: yorik@ucsc.edu
Office hours: MW 3:30 - 4:15 pm, Th 9:00 - 10:30 am.

Teaching Assistant: Mark Beers
Email: mbeers@ucsc.edu
Office hours: Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:30 am, Baskin Engineering, 119.
Sections: 
(*) Wednesday, 9:00 - 10:30 am, Soc Sci 2, 165
(*) Thursday, 10:00 - 11:30 am, Thimann, 101

Teaching Assistant: Xiaotian Zheng
Email: xzheng24@ucsc.edu
Office hours: Thursday, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Baskin Engineering 312 C/D.
Sections: 
(*) Thursday, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Soc Sci 1, 149
(*) Friday, 9:00 - 10:30 am, Soc Sci 1, 145

LSS Tutor: Rachel Castillo
Email: ralcasti@ucsc.edu
Sessions:

  • Monday, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, ARCenter 116
  • Wednesday, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, ARCenter 221
  • Wednesday, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, ARCenter 221

To attend tutoring sessions with Rachel, you must first sign up. To do this, 
1. Go to the LSS homepage: https://lss.ucsc.edu/.
2. Click on the (blue) Slug Success button and follow the instructions to sign up. (There is also a link to an instructional video below the Slug Success button).