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Waldman
Spring, 1986
Economics 381
Introduction: Econ 381 is a one-semester course in elementary statistics
designed for economics majors. There are no prerequisites..
Text: Statistics for Business and Economics, by Edwin Mansfield, 2nd
edition, w. w. Norton and Company, 1983.
Exams : There will be two in-class midterms and a final exam.
Problem sets : weekly, except weeks when exams are given. The problem sets
include .approximately three computer problems in analyzing small data sets .
Gra~ing: Midterms • • • 151, Final • •• 401 , Problem sets
Tentative course outline:
Week of:
Jan. 22
. Jan. 27
Feb . 3
Feb. 10 and
Feb. 17
Feb 24
Feb. 26 and
Mar. 3
Topic and reading:
Introduction and descriptive statistics .
Text: 1 . 1-1 . 7, 2 . 1-2 . 7.
Probability and random variables •
Text: 3 .1-3 • 5 , 4 • 1-4 . 2. Discrete probability distributions and
mathematical expectation .
Text: 4.3-4. 7
Continuous probability distribution .
Text: 5.1, appendix.
Midterm #1
Sampling distributions.
Text: 6.1, appendix
Mar. 10
Statistical estimation .
Text: 7.1-7.9.
Mar . 17 and
Mar. 31
Hypothesis testing.
Text: 8.1-8 . 4,8 . 6,8 . 9-8 . 11 .
Apr. 7
Regression and correlation .
Text : Chapter 11.
April 14
Multiple regression.
Text: Chapter 12 .
Apr . 28
Miscelleneous topics.
Text: 13 . 2, 13.3, 14.1-14.3, 15.4.
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