Download ECON 3818-100 Introduction to Economic Statistics

SYLLABUS: ECON3818
Introduction to Economic Statistics
Fall 1993
Office Hours: TR 11:00-12:30
ECON 3818-100
Professor Byung-Joo Lee
Office: Econ 102
Phone: 492-2108
DESCRIPTION: This course teaches introductory economic statistics and econometric theory that will develop
the methods used for empirical implementation and testing of relationship among economic
variables. Computer application of real economic data will also be emphasized. This course is
designed primarily for the business and economics undergraduate students who want to
understand the basic technique ofreal economic analysis.
PREREQUISITE:
Math 1070 and 1080, Econ 2010 & 2020
TEXTBOOK: Allan S. Caniglia, Statistics for Economics: An Intuitive Approach, HarperCollins Publishers,
1992.
ORGANIZATION:
Two lectures and one recitation section per week. Two midterm exams and one final
examination. Each exam will be comprehensive. No make-up exam will be scheduled. Exercise
problems of each chapter will be your responsibility. Midterms and final exam questions will
resemble them. Recitation section will emphasize on computer application and problem solving.
20 % for each midterm exam, 40 % for the final exam. Remaining 20 % for the homework
assignment.
GRADING:
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Week
Topics
Chapters
1-2
2-3
Introduction/Technical Background
Descriptive Statistics
Sampling and Basic Inference
Probability Theory and Distribution
First Midterm
1-2
3
4
5-6
1-6
12
Distributions of Random Variables
Sampling Theory
Estimation
Confidence Intervals
Hypothesis Testing
Second Midterm
7-8
9
10
11
12
1-12
13-14
14-15
Final Week
Two Variable Regression Model
Multiple Regression
Final Exam
13
14
1-14
4
5-6
6
7-8
9
10
11
12