muth_kalman#

  • Series: lecture-python-advanced.myst

  • File: lectures/muth_kalman.md

  • Audit date: 2026-05-28

  • Categories audited: writing, math, code, figures, references, links, admonitions

  • Overall score: 6.8 / 10

  • Priority: MEDIUM

Score breakdown#

Category

Score

One-line note

Writing

8/10

Sentence-case headings; one-sentence paragraph norm followed in most places.

Math

6/10

\mathcal N for normal distribution; bare E[...] for expectation.

Code

7/10

No spelled Greek (zero); 2 quantecon imports; install cell with hide-output.

JAX

N/A

not a JAX lecture

Figures

5/10

3 ax.set_title calls; no figsize=; no :name: fields.

References

7/10

4 {cite} used; “Muth (1960)” narrative ref should use {cite:t}.

Links

8/10

4 {doc} references; no raw cross-series URLs.

Admonitions

N/A

no exercises, solutions, or proof-family directives.

Issues#

Critical#

None found.

High severity#

  • [qe-fig-003] — ax.set_title used in 3 cells.

Medium severity#

  • [qe-math-011 (proposed)] — \mathcal N used as the Normal distribution. Example: lectures/muth_kalman.md:116. Count: 1 occurrence.

  • [qe-math-010 (proposed)] — Bare E[...] for expectation. Example: lectures/muth_kalman.md:144-145. Count: 2 occurrences.

  • [qe-ref-001] — “Muth (1960) {cite}” narrative pattern should use {cite:t}. Count: ~3 occurrences.

Low severity#

  • [qe-writing-001] — Occasional two-sentence paragraphs, e.g. L83-85.

  • [qe-writing-005] — **question**/**answer** (L84-85) and **moving average** (L358) are emphasis, not definitions — should be italic.

  • [qe-fig-005] — Figures lack :name: fig-... fields.

Strengths#

  • Correct use of \begin{bmatrix} everywhere (qe-math-003).

  • Sequences in curly brackets \{y_t\} (qe-math-005) — see L77, L315.

  • “IID” used correctly (qe-writing-009, proposed) on L104, L119.

  • Title in Title Case; section headings in sentence case (qe-writing-006).

  • Install cell at top with hide-output (qe-code-003).