Model Thinking

Scott E Page

Reason # 1: Intelligent Citizen of the World

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Reason # 2: Clearer Thinker

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Reason # 3: Understand and Use Data

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Reason # 4: Decide, Strategize, and Design

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Outline and Structure

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Outline
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Outline
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Collective Action
Tipping Points
Colonel Blotto
Lyapunov Models
Learning Models

Wisdom of Crowds

Markov Processes
Spatial Voting
Decision Theory
Linear Models
Economic Growth
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Online Course Format

Videos
8-15 minutes
Questions

Readings
Linked on Wiki

Assignments
Quizzes
Discussion Forum
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Section Structure

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Section Structure
The model
Assumptions, results, applications

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Section Structure
The model
Assumptions, results, applications

Technical Details
Measures, Proofs (Easy, Medium, Hard)
Practice Problems

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Section Structure
The model
Assumptions, results, applications

Technical Details
Measures, Proofs (Easy, Medium, Hard)
Practice Problems

Fertility
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Model Thinking

Scott E Page