• We will be using the NB Text Annotation tool to read class material together as a class. If you have not been added to the Text Annotation tool by the end of the first week of class, please let Andy and Konstantin know as soon as possible.
• All questions about class material should be sent to the GOV 2000 e-mail list, where you will get quicker responses to your questions because your classmates can help you, too! If you have not been signed up for this list by the first week of class, please e-mail Andy and Konstantin.

LaTeX is a powerful document preparation system. While the start-up costs may seem high, it allows one to output high-quality and customizable pdf documents. LaTeX is a document markup language, meaning that it consists of syntax that specifies to the program how the document is to be formatted - that is, typesetting instructions. More common examples of markup languages are HTML and XML. Markup embedded in a LaTeX document conveys formatting and processing specifications to the TeX engine.

To begin using LaTeX, you will need two things:

• LaTeX front end / text editor to write a .tex file
• LaTeX compiler that processes the .tex file and outputs the final document

The compiler and editor you install are going to be dependent upon your operating system. There are a variety of text editors that can create and edit .tex files, and so there is plenty of room for personal preference. Note that an editor is often bundled with the TeX engine.

Windows:

• Compiler: MiKTeX
• Some editors: Texmaker, TeXnic Center, LyX

Additional Resources:

• LaTeX Wikibooks
• The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
• LaTeX Tutorials, by Andy Roberts
• "Messy Notes of a LaTeX User"
• Detexify LaTeX Symbol Classifier

LaTeX Templates:

• Konstantin's Template for Problem Sets (pdf output, sample figure file)

* Thanks to Matt Blackwell for lending us some of his materials.

• Quick-R
• R Reference Card
• R Studio
• RSeek
• R Wiki
• UCLA Stat Consulting Group Guide to R
• R Bloggers
• German Rodriguez's Guide to R (Office of Population Research, Princeton University)
   

HMDC offers workshops in R that you may attend in person. For more information and to sign up, see here.  

• UCLA Academic Technology Services Stata Guide
• Introduction to Stata, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Stata Tutorial, Germán Rodríguez, Princeton University
• Online Stata Tutorial at Data & Statistical Services, Princeton University
   

HMDC offers workshops in R that you may attend in person. For more information and to sign up, see here.