chow_business_cycles#

  • Series: lecture-python.myst

  • File: lectures/chow_business_cycles.md

  • Audit date: 2026-05-28

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

  • Overall score: 9.1 / 10

  • Priority: NONE

Score breakdown#

Category

Score

One-line note

Writing

9/10

Section headings use Title Case rather than sentence case.

Math

9/10

Bare E[...] or \Pr(...) used instead of \mathbb{E}, \mathbb{P}.

Code

8.5/10

Spelled-out Greek (alpha/beta/etc.) used predominantly in code; mixed with unicode forms…

JAX

out of scope

not a JAX lecture

Figures

8.5/10

figsize= set in 11 places — usually unnecessary (defaults from _config.yml).

References

9/10

Citation style follows conventions.

Links

10/10

Link style follows conventions.

Admonitions

10/10

Exercise/solution structure clean.

Issues#

Critical#

None found.

High severity#

None found.

Medium severity#

  • [qe-writing-006] — Section headings use Title Case rather than sentence case. Examples: line 845 The Slutsky connection, line 979 Reconstructing $A$ and computing $F(\omega)$. Count: 2.

  • [qe-math-010 (proposed)] — Bare E[...] or \Pr(...) used instead of \mathbb{E}, \mathbb{P}. Examples: line 914. Count: 3.

  • [qe-code-002] — Spelled-out Greek (alpha/beta/etc.) used predominantly in code; mixed with unicode forms (word=13, uni=8).

  • [qe-fig-001] — figsize= set in 11 places — usually unnecessary (defaults from _config.yml).

Low severity#

  • [qe-fig-005] — Figures lack descriptive name: fields for cross-referencing (12 plot calls, 0 named).

Strengths#

  • Uses “IID” or no IID terminology.

  • Transpose notation uses \top consistently (no prime/^T).

  • No bold vectors/matrices.

  • Normal distribution written as plain N.

  • aligned (not align) used in $$ math.

  • Solutions use :class: dropdown consistently.

  • No ax.set_title() in main figures.

  • Axis labels lowercase.

  • No embedded matplotlib titles in main figures.