Papers From Economics 482 Winter 1998

Title Author Associated Files Comments
Estimating and Forecasting Daily Prescription Demand for a Retail Pharmacy Charles Chisholm Great example of use for a real business
How are baseball salaries related to current measures of player performance? Rod Megraw Very thoughtful sports application
Urbanization and Climate Change in Seattle, Washington 1909-1994 Adrienne Miller Urban.wf1 Nice non-economics application
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? Thor Sletten Sletten.wf1 If you're going to be this non-PC, you'd better be this good! Note the Seattle Times write-up to the left.
So Why Choose the Union? Matt Staneff Staneff.xls
First draft
A very nice final paper. The first draft is included to show how much thought went into the revision.
Sources of Growth: Analysis for the U.S. Economy Edward K. Surridge First draft Excellent analysis and write up in the face of recalcitrant data
The Effectiveness of National Basketball Association Guards 1992-93 Season Pantipa Tachawachira First draft Another good sports example with a carefully done revision
A Model for Student Occupancy Rates in the UW Residence Halls Kathy Temple Temple.wf1 Excellent analysis beautifully written

Papers From Economics 482 Autumn 1998
 
 
Title Author Associated Files Comments
Why Grandpa Doesn't Do the Laundry Julie Birum Clever us of the General Social Survey
The Incidence of Murder Roseanna Hurst Who's Gonna Have Done It
Predicting Success at the University of Washington Kevin Kallock Think you're gonna make it???
Espresso Demand Kjell Konis Konis.wf1 What drives java?
Campaign Intensity and Voter Understanding Tracy Sulkin A Poli Sci application
A Model for Predicting the Occurrence of Cluster Blocks Based on 1990 Census Data for King County Jeremy Verlinda Part of a research project in the Department of Urban Planning - Illustrates Use of Probit