See also:
The Comprehensive Exam
Dissertation Proposal Defense
Defense of the Dissertation

Preparing for the exams :

In Spring 2005, qualifying exams start on January 3rd and end on January 7th. The exams will have the following order: Nature of the Field on Monday January 3rd, Methods of Analysis (aka Quant. or Quantitative) on Wednesday, January 5th, and Economic Analysis on Friday, January 7th.
 

Listed below are preparation materials for the proficiency exams. These are in MSWord format for download. The menu to the left will direct you to the web-pages containing the same materials. Please notice that this section contains examples of high-pass answers for some sections.

The following exam materials are available in archived format:

New Methods Exam Format 2008

Qualifying Exams August  2007 (zip-archive)

Qualifying Exams January 2007 (zip-archive)

August 2007 New Analysis Format Example (Word document)

The examples of high-pass answers is available for the following sections:

--High Pass Example 1-Economics

--High Pass Example 1-Nature of the Field

--High Pass Example 2- Nature of the Field

The students also have access to the older versions of the exams and reading materials:

Economic Analysis: Core Readings for Economic Analysis,

Sample Economic Analysis Questions (2004), Sample Economic Analysis Questions II (Summer 2006)

Nature of the Field: Readings for Nature of the Field,

Sample Nature of the Field Questions (2004)

Methods of Analysis: Topics and Readings for Quantitative Analysis, Topics and Readings in Advanced Program Evaluation

Evaluation (2004), Variant I (2004), Variant II (2004),