andleb/230afinal

UC Berkeley STAT230A Spring 2022 final project - Replication of Michalopoulos: The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity

230afinal's Issues

GREG dataset

• some EDA
• Try to replicate the virtual country regressions with this data as the dependent variable

Replication - regression 1

Explanation of Robustness check 2

Explanation of Re-Analysis

• changing the sample selection used by the authors to produce their results.
• Compare and contrast with the main result.
• If results differ significantly, conjecture and/or analyze the source of discrepancies.

Robustness check 2

Replication - regression 3

Write up a summary of the paper

Conclusion

Names top right corner

Replication - regression 2

Table 2B

ELF

Citations

Re-analyze - logit

Explanation of Regression 1 Robustness check

"explaining what this robustness check or extension achieves;"

Rasterize big plots

ggraster - cf 215A #2

A Readme for the variables, rename them in the dataframes

Re-analyze - threshold languages

Explanation of Regression 1

• Describe and state the statistical assumptions for linear models clearly in both English and mathetical symbols;
• Replicate their main regression result and interpret it in English;
• Critically appraise their statistical assumptions for linear models;

Robustness check 1