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Modeling and Assessment for Policy
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- Instructor
- Prof. Noelle Selin
- Term
- Spring 2013
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 3 problem sets · 3 exams · 3 solutions · 1 reading · 28 other files · 8 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare IDS.410J Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Spring 2013, Prof. Noelle Selin — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Syllabus
Lecture Slides
10 files
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 1: Modeling and Assessment for Policy Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 2: Science-Policy Review Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 3: Verification and Validation Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 5: Case Study: Acid Rain in Europe Case Study: Fisheries Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 7: The IPCC WG1 Fourth Assessment (2007) and Thoughts on Assessments and Policy Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 8: IntegraLng Models and Policy making Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 12: System Modeling Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 14: Risk Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 15: Politics and Modeling at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Lecture 26: Modeling and Assessment for Policy: Synthesis and wrap-up Download
Assignments
- ESD.864 Example Memo: Mercury in the U.S. Environment Download
- ESD.864 Problem Set 1 Download
- ESD.864 Problem Set 2 Download
- ESD.864 Problem Set 3 Download
- Making Models: Summative Evaluation Report Download
- Making Models Exhibit: Exhibit Goals and Activities Download
Projects
14 files in this section
Student Work
14 files
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Cancer Screening Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Clean Air Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Economic Modeling Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy, NASA’s Model Standard 1 Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Oil Spill Download
- ESD.864 Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Sports Statistics Download
- Breast Cancer Screening: A Case Study in Using Models to Inform Preventive Approaches Download
- The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Macroeconomic Models Download
- The Columbia Incident and NASA’s Standard for Modeling and Simulation Download
- Policy Brief: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Download
- Fact Sheet - Final Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone Download
- Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information Download
- The Application and Impact of Numerical Models for Decision-Making in Sports Download
- Setting of the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone Download
Quizzes
- ESD.864: Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Quiz 1 Download
- ESD.864: Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Quiz 1 Solutions Download
- ESD.864: Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Quiz 2 Download
- ESD.864: Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Quiz 2 Solutions Download
- ESD.864: Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Quiz 3 Download
- ESD.864: Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Quiz 3 Solutions Download
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MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Noelle Selin, IDS.410J Modeling and Assessment for Policy, Spring 2013.
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