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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