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Michael S. Hanson Department of Economics |
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| Econ 300: Course Outline |
| Below is a list of topics to be covered in the course, and approximate dates for the material. All readings are from the Wonnacott & Wonnacott textbook. Midterm exams will be given during class. Problem sets are available on-line, and are due in class the following week. Check the course web site for revisions to this schedule. |
| Date | Topic | Readings | Assignment Due | |
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| Thu, Jan. 24 | Introduction | Ch. 1 | ||
| Tue, Jan. 29 | Descriptive Statistics | Ch. 2 | ||
| Thu, Jan. 31 | Probability | Ch. 3 | ||
| Tue, Feb. 5 | Probability | Ch. 3 | P.S. #1 | |
| Thu, Feb. 7 | Probability Distributions | Ch. 4 | ||
| Tue, Feb. 12 | Probability Distributions | Ch. 4 | P.S. #2 | |
| Thu, Feb. 14 | Probability Distributions | Chs. 4 & 5 | ||
| Tue, Feb. 19 | Probability Distributions | Ch. 5 | P.S. #3 | |
| Thu, Feb. 21 | Midterm #1 | |||
| Tue, Feb. 26 | Sampling | Ch. 6 | P.S. #4 | |
| Thu, Feb. 28 | Point Estimation | Ch. 7 | ||
| Tue, Mar. 5 | Point Estimation, Confidence Intervals | Chs. 7 & 8 | P.S. #5 | |
| Thu, Mar. 7 | Confidence Intervals | Ch. 8 | ||
| Tue, Mar. 26 | Confidence Intervals | Ch. 8 | P.S. #6 | |
| Thu, Mar. 28 | Hypothesis Testing | Ch. 9 | ||
| Tue, Apr. 2 | Hypothesis Testing | Ch. 9 | P.S. #7 | |
| Thu, Apr. 4 | Midterm #2 | |||
| Tue, Apr. 9 | Least Squares Estimation | Ch. 11 | P.S. #8 | |
| Thu, Apr. 11 | Simple Regression | Ch. 12 | ||
| Tue, Apr. 16 | Simple Regression | Ch. 12 | P.S. #9 | |
| Thu, Apr. 18 | Multiple Regression | Ch. 13 | Paper Proposal | |
| Tue, Apr. 23 | Multiple Regression | Ch. 13 | P.S. #10 | |
| Thu, Apr. 25 | Multiple Regression | Chs. 13 & 14 | ||
| Tue, Apr. 30 | Regression Extensions | Chs. 14 & 15 | P.S. #11 | |
| Thu, May 2 | Topics in Regression Analysis | TBA | ||
| Tue, May 7 | Topics in Regression Analysis | TBA | P.S. #12 | |
| Fri, May 10 | Research Paper due by 4 PM | Research Paper | ||
| Tue, May 14 | Final Exam: 9 - 12 AM, PAC 125 |
Created: Tuesday, January 22, 2002