Folder Contents: 001 this document which is mainly a placeholder 002 Math for Social Scientists II Syllabus 003 Math for Social Scientists II CoursePack 004 Math for Social Scientists II Lecture Notes 005 quadratic approximation lecture 006 Grapher files 007 an introduction to singular value decomposition 008 a more targeted introduction to singular value decomposition 009 slides used as a basis for a SVD discussion if Independence Day is on a weekend (from http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ae/papers/lecture05.pdf) 010 (arguably humorous) mentions of derivatives on Marketplace public radio shows 011 slides derived from the lecture notes The CoursePack and Lecture Notes are not mine. I inherited them from Jim Dowdy. I loosely follow the Lecture Notes. The CoursePack contains: bonus Matrix Algebra material (pp. 1-14) Matrix Algebra exercises (pp. 15-27) solutions to Matrix Algebra exercises (pp. 28-37) bonus Calculus material (pp. 38-40) Calculus exercises (pp. 41-48) solutions to Calculus exercises (pp. 49-52) The lecture Notes contain: Matrix Algebra Lectures (pp. 1-26) Calculus Lectures (pp. 27-57)