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How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« on: April 13, 2016, 03:28:08 pm »
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I'm a first year and struggling with quantitative methods 1.. I genuinely don't understand it at all, I've been lost since week 1 and I've tried to catch up but each week just gets more confusing. I'm not very maths oriented to begin with, so can anyone suggest how to study for this subject? The textbook seems quite complicated... And the lecturer is not very helpful either.
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Re: How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2016, 08:16:52 pm »
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Completely agree, micro is so well taught compared to QM1.

I wish QM went back to the blue/pink sheet thing that it used to have, now most "practise" outside class is excel number-crunching and proofs.
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Re: How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2016, 08:47:38 pm »
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Jonthong has completely wrecked y'all :P
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Re: How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2016, 08:54:31 pm »
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JT still teaching QM1? Nice.

I did QM1 last year, and honestly it was the textbook that helped me the most. It explained things in a much more understandable way, and sort of got you in the mind to think statistically. Last year I believe he didn't include any proofs in the exam (Semester 1), so it may be that you don't necessarily need to know them, however I guess if it's in the lecture slides its examinable.

I'd focus on just learning basic concepts of statistics, and in that regard I had found Khan Academy to be particularly helpful (especially with central limit theorem and those sorts of concepts)

Good luck :) If you need anything else hmu
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Re: How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2016, 08:10:24 pm »
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I agree, QM is very poorly taught...
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Re: How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2016, 10:29:42 pm »
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Quote from: cameotodd on April 19, 2016, 08:10:24 pm
I agree, QM is very poorly taught...

Eh, if you pay attention Jonathan actually gives pretty clear explanations for everything, but just that the assignments/tutorial work are far more challenging than what is taught...
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Re: How to study for quantitative methods 1?
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2016, 07:12:03 pm »
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Quote from: wobblywobbly on April 19, 2016, 10:29:42 pm
Eh, if you pay attention Jonathan actually gives pretty clear explanations for everything, but just that the assignments/tutorial work are far more challenging than what is taught...

His lectures are fine, but I find he wastes alot of time listening to the sound of his voice.

90% of the lectures are giving us a formula and explaining how it is derived. This is fine I suppose, but there's no context to it. There are never any examples of where it is practical or how to apply it in a question.
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