January 31, 2014

Permanent Links—

View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.
You can view all the homework grades and attendance records we have for you at this spreadsheet.
All information about homeworks is here

Announcements

Information on review session and TA help before the exam is at the exam page.

Students with disabilities who plan to take the test at the testing center need to get me that orange sheet from the testing center pronto (don't know what I'm talking about? Come see me).

Homework 6 is due by the beginning of class on Jan 31 (Friday).

Exam 1 will be given February 3 (Monday). More information here.

Schedule to begin class (remember, if your name is on the list, be prepared to present it early in case the scheduled student is absent):

Jan 31: Devin Dixon (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Feb 3: No one (will give Exam 1)
Feb 5: Glasscock, Jacob (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)
Feb 7: Stretcher, Victoria (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult on how to develop and maintain a healthy relationship with one’s spouse.)
Feb 10: Wright, Jessie (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult about what careers students should consider to earn a comfortable income while also enjoying their job)

Covered in class

Today we will finishing discussing (2.b.ii) David Hume meets a locavore, talk about Exam 1, and talk about the class paper

January 29, 2014

Permanent Links—

View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.
You can view all the homework grades and attendance records we have for you at this spreadsheet.
All information about homeworks is here

Announcements

Information on review session and TA help before the exam is at the exam page.

Students with disabilities who plan to take the test at the testing center need to get me that orange sheet from the testing center pronto (don't know what I'm talking about? Come see me).

We are using what should be an improved attendance system. At the beginning of class one sign in sheet will be given to each row, in each section (the middle, the north, and the south sections). Students in this row/section should sign it, pass it down the line, and leave it on the floor at the end of the row for TA Cara to pick up. This should not take long, making sure everyone has ample time to sign it. Also, it allows us to count the number of signatures for each row and compare it to the number of students on each row, thereby preventing fraud. I hope you approve of the new system.

Homework 6 is due by the beginning of class on Jan 31 (Friday).

The answers to Homework 6 are
1) b. False
2) a. True
3) a. True
4) a. True
5) d. into; out of
6) b. False
7) a. True
8) b. False
do the Food Police questions on your own.

Exam 1 will be given February 3 (Monday). More information here.

Schedule to begin class (remember, if your name is on the list, be prepared to present it early in case the scheduled student is absent):

Jan 27: Tenita Fiddler (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult about what careers students should consider to earn a comfortable income while also enjoying their job)
Jan 29: Erik William Johnstone (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)
Jan 31: Devin Dixon (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Feb 3: No one (will give Exam 1)
Feb 5: Glasscock, Jacob (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)
Feb 7: Stretcher, Victoria (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult on how to develop and maintain a healthy relationship with one’s spouse.)

Covered in class

Today we will cover and probably complete (2.b.ii) David Hume meets a locavore.

January 27, 2014

Permanent Links—

View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.

All information about homeworks is here

Announcements

It is your responsibility to make sure you have signed the attendance sheet. If the sheet doesn't get to you by the end of class come see the TA Ms. Stephens and she will help you find it.

Know that in this class there is no difference between an excused or unexcused absence. Regardless of why you miss class, you can make up for it by doing the podcast activity outlined in the syllabus, if you want your attendance grade to be 100%.

Homework 5 is due by the beginning of class on Jan 29 (Wednesday).

Exam 1 will be given February 3 (Monday). More information here.

Schedule to begin class:

Jan 27: Tenita Fiddler (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult about what careers students should consider to earn a comfortable income while also enjoying their job)
Jan 29: Erik William Johnstone (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)
Jan 31: Devin Dixon (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Feb 3: No one (will give Exam 1)
Feb 5: Glasscock, Jacob (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)

Covered in class

Today we will cover and probably complete (2.b.i) The Bounty of Trade: When Robinson Met Friday.

January 24, 2014

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View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.

I created a new webpage devoted solely to homeworks. It has upcoming homeworks, homeworks that are graded, and a way for you to verify whether your homework was submitted. You can find this page here

Announcements

Know that in this class there is no difference between an excused or unexcused absence. Regardless of why you miss class, you can make up for it by doing the podcast activity outlined in the syllabus, if you want your attendance grade to be 100%.

Homework 4 is due by the beginning of class on January 27.

I plan to finish all of Chapter 2 next week and give the first exam on February 3 (Monday). Make sure you have read the syllabus so that you know what kind of cheat sheet your are allowed to use. You may use smartphones as calculators but if it appears you are reading off the phone I will ask you to come sit at the front of the class (for that exam and all other exams). I will also take down the class textbook during the exam.

For the exam make absolutely sure you have an orange scantron sheet and be prepared to enter your exact CWID. If you cannot take the exam on Feb 3 come see me very soon to make other arrangements.

Schedule to begin class:
Jan 24: Elizabeth Farney (words of wisdom from parent on a healthy relationship with spouse)
Jan 27: Tenita Fiddler (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult about what careers students should consider to earn a comfortable income while also enjoying their job)
Jan 29: Erik William Johnstone (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)
Jan 31: Devin Dixon (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Feb 3: No one (will give Exam 1)

Covered in class

Today we will cmoplete (2.a) Videos on Comparative Advantage and may then go to a topic I will announce in class.

January 22, 2014

Permanent Links—

View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.

You can view all the homework grades we have for you at this spreadsheet.

Announcements

The following honors students have emailed me indicated they wished to participate in this project for their honors contract. If your name is not on this list but you want to participate, even if you think you already sent me an email indicating so, send me an email (bailey.norwood@okstate.edu indicating you do wish to be part of this project.

• Belvin, Jesse
• Ferranti, Emily
• Margin, Dominic
• Megan, Stuart
• O'hare, Anna
• Smith, Caleb
• Sorensen, Courtney
• Hepner, Hammons

Know that in this class there is no difference between an excused or unexcused absence. Regardless of why you miss class, you can make up for it by doing the podcast activity outlined in the syllabus, if you want your attendance grade to be 100%.

The links for homeworks are always in the announcements (NOT in the chapter practice questions).

Homework 3 is due by the beginning of class on January 24.

Homework 4 is due by the beginning of class on January 27.

Schedule to begin class:
Jan 22: Sammy Perry (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Jan 24: Elizabeth Farney (words of wisdom from parent on a healthy relationship with spouse)
Jan 27: Tenita Fiddler (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult about what careers students should consider to earn a comfortable income while also enjoying their job)
Jan 29: Erik William Johnstone (Personal words of inspiration about how to live a moral, meaningful life)

Covered in class

Will discuss all of (2.a) Videos on Comparative Advantage by completing the worksheets you printed and brought to class. Some of the questions we answer are on Homework 4.

January 17, 2014

Permanent Links—

View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.

You can view all the homework grades we have for you at this spreadsheet.

Announcements

The links for homeworks are always in the announcements, never in the chapter practice questions. If you used the link for the practice questions for Homework 2, please go back and redo the homework.

You no longer need to login to reach the class website. For homeworks, remember that the password you should use be the unique password given to you and you only. So never again will you use the password "brahms4321".

Homework 2 is due by beginning of class on January 22.

Homework 3 is due by the beginning of class on January 24.

Honors students: If you want to the honors contract thing be sure you email me by 5 PM today.

Make absolutely sure you printed copies of the two documents in Jan 13 announcements.

Schedule to begin class:
Jan 17: Dillon Yosten (personal words of inspiration about living a moral, meaningful life)
Jan 20: no class
Jan 22: Sammy Perry (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Jan 24: Elizabeth Farney (words of wisdom from parent on a healthy relationship with spouse)
Jan 27: Tenita Fiddler (Words of wisdom from their parent or respected adult about what careers students should consider to earn a comfortable income while also enjoying their job)

Covered in class

Will discuss all of (1.b) Harmonizing individual and social interests [video] and some of (1.e) Other Videos

Announcements

On Wednesday we will begin covering (2.a) Comparative Advantage and Gains From Trade, which is probably the most difficult chapter in the class.

January 15, 2014.

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View all deadlines at the AGEC 1113 Calendar.

Announcements

Because I have had so many students wish to do an honors contract for this class, I have created one project for everyone to do. The draft instructions are at this site. Please read and let me know Friday after class if you still wish to do a contract.

As of 10:10 AM on January 15, 2014, the individuals listed here submitted Homework 1. If you think you submitted before 10:10 AM but your name doesn't appear come see me after class. If you didn't get Homework 1 in on time, no worries, just do it as fast as you can. For Homework 1 but only Homework 1 there is no penalty for late submissions. I will update the spreadsheet periodically, and the top of the sheet will always let you know exactly when it was updated.

Remember that sheet I gave you Monday with your password? I encourage you to take a picture of it and store it on your smartphone.

Schedule to begin class:
Jan 15: Dr. Norwood will present
Jan 17: Dillon Yosten (personal words of inspiration about living a moral, meaningful life)
Jan 20: no class
Jan 22: Sammy Perry (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Jan 24: Elizabeth Farney (words of wisdom from parent on a healthy relationship with spouse)

Remember you were suppose to print these handouts and these handouts (or save them as electronic copies you can write on) and bring them to future classes.

Covered in class

Today we will take notes on the materials in the videos at 1.a, 1.b, and 1.e. We will be answering practice questions as we go (the practice questions you should have printed and brought with you).

Honors Contracts for AGEC 1113 (Spring 2014)

The following honors students have emailed me indicated they wished to participate in this project for their honors contract. If your name is not on this list but you want to participate, even if you think you already sent me an email indicating so, send me an email (bailey.norwood@okstate.edu indicating you do wish to be part of this project.

From Norwood's class

• Belvin, Jesse
• Ferranti, Emily (CITI training complete)
• Martin, Dominic
• Stuart, Megan (CITI training complete)
• O'hare, Anna (CITI training complete)
• Smith, Caleb (CITI training complete)
• Sorensen, Courtney (CITI training complete)
• Hepner, Hammons

From Jone's class

• Hartzold, Klair (CITI training complete)
• Horsley, Catherine (CITI training complete)
• Rosman, J.D.
• Smith, Adele
• Steele, Chandler (CITI training complete)
• Omps, Morgan (CITI training complete)

For students wishing to complete an honors contract

I have had so many students request an honors contract that I need to have every student do the same thing, or else I simply do not have time to accommodate them all (and I want to, as I know finding honors hours can be difficult).

Thus, I thought of a way for all students to participate in a memorable and valuable learning experience without excessive work on my part (or yours, for that matter!). In fact, this idea is for us to become partners. You help me with my research, and I help you complete your honors contract.

The idea

This semester I am administering surveys to a representative sample of Americans on their views towards different dieting strategies and any experiences they have had dieting. Its major goal is to understand the role meat, dairy, and eggs plays in helping people lose weight on a low-carb diet. You can help me acquire a sample of students to include by doing the following.

1. Complete online training on protecting human subjects in research and submit to me paper or electronic materials indicated you completed the CITI training at http://compliance.vpr.okstate.edu/IRB/training.aspx
2. Administer 10 of these surveys and 10 of these surveys to OSU students.
3. You may recruit students however you like. They can be your friends, club members, frat-brothers, anyone, so long as they are OSU students and haven't already taken one of these surveys.
4. Once someone is recruited, make sure you give them the proper information about their rights as a subject. This is done by giving this sheet for them to read.
5. Then have them fill out this sheet to ensure they will not complete more than one survey (as many of you might have the same friends).
6. Once the surveys are completed, I will have you enter the data online using Google spreadsheets.
7. Then I require (and this is a strict requirement) all students to meet with me as a group on the afternoon of April 26 (the Saturday before pre-finals week), where we will crunch the numbers and talk about what the survey tells us. We will also talk about the survey questions, to help you understand how consumer research is performed. Do not agree to do an honors contract if you cannot meet with me and the others on April 26.

2013,1,13

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Announcements

Homework 1 is due by the beginning of class on January 15. This is simply a student information sheet, providing me with some background information on you. It also gives us some practice at using Google forms for homeworks, as I have not used them with 200 students yet. Complete the homework by going to the form at this link and answering all the question. Make sure you use the AGEC 1113 password given to you on January 13.

Schedule to begin class:
Jan 15: Dr. Norwood will present
Jan 17: Dillon Yosten (personal words of inspiration about living a moral, meaningful life)
Jan 20: no class
Jan 22: Sammy Perry (words of wisdom from parent on managing money)
Jan 24: Elizabeth Farney (words of wisdom from parent on a healthy relationship with spouse)

Welcome to the class! I am honoured to be your teacher and hope you enjoy and value the class.

Print these handouts and these handouts (or save them as electronic copies you can write on) and bring them to future classes.

Covered in class

This being the first day of class, I went over the syllabus but did not distribute hard copies.

Gave each student a piece of paper with their name and their password for the class. It also contains my website baileynorwood.com. Keep this with you (I suggest taking a copy of it with your smartphone so you always have it), as you will be needing to use your CWID and password throughout the class. It looked like this sample.

Presented this lecture.