Download ECON 3818-200 Introduction to Economic Statistics

SYLLABUS: E CON3818
ECON 3818-200
Professor Byung-Joo Lee
Office: Econ 102
Phone: 492-2108
Introduction to Economic Statistics
Summer 1993, TermB
Office Hours: TR 12:00-2:00
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 of real economic analysis.
PREREQUISITE:
Math 1070 and 1080, Econ 2010 & 2020
T EXTBOOK: Allan S. Caniglia, Statistics for Economics: An Intuitive Approach, HarperCollins Publishers,
1992.
ORGANIZATION:
Five lectures and two recitation sections per week. One midterm exam 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. Midterm and final exam questions will
resemble them. Recitation section will emphasize on computer applications and problem solving.
GRADING:
Each exam will be counted equally.
COURSE OUTLINE
Lecture
1-2
2-4
5-6
7-9
10-12
13
14
15-16
16-17
18
19-21
22-23
Chapters
Introduction!fechnical Background
Descriptive Statistics
Sampling and Basic Inference
Probability Theory and Distribution
Distributions of Random Variables
Sampling Theory
1-2
3
4
5-6
7-8
9
Midterm Exam
1-9
Estimation
Confidence Intervals
Hypothesis Testing
Two Variable Regression Model
Multiple Regression
10
11
12
13
14
24
Study Day
25
Final Exam
1-14