Sanghoon Lee (slee@economics.utah.edu, BUC #7)



Econ 3640-001 Probability and Statistical Inference for Economists / Spring 2006

Syllabus

• Part I
  Jan. 9 Ch.1 Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking
  Jan. 11 Ch.2 Methods for Describing Sets of Data (2.1 ~ 2.5)
  Jan. 13 Ch.2 Methods for Describing Sets of Data (2.6 ~ 2.7)
  Jan. 18 Review
  Jan. 20 Exam 1 and Solution
  
  
• Part II
  Jan. 23 Ch.3 Probability (3.1 ~ 3.3)
  Jan. 25 Ch.3 Probability (3.4)
  Jan. 27 Ch.3 Probability (3.5 ~ 3.6)
  Jan. 30 Ch.3 Probability (3.7)
  Feb. 1 Review
  Feb. 3 Exam 2 and Solution
  
  
• Part III
  Feb. 6 Ch.4 Random Variables and Probability Distributions (4.1, 4.2 & 4.4)
  Feb. 8 Ch.4 Random Variables and Probability Distributions (4.3)
  Feb. 10 Ch.4 Random Variables and Probability Distributions (4.5)
  Feb. 13 Ch.4 Random Variables and Probability Distributions (4.5 & 4.7)
  Feb. 15 Review
  Feb. 17 Exam 3 and Solution
  
  
• Part IV
  Feb. 22 Ch.4 Random Variables and Probability Distributions (4.8 ~ 4.9)
  Feb. 24 Ch.5 Inferences: Estimation with Confidence Intervals (5.1 ~ 5.2)
  Feb. 27 Ch.5 Inferences: Estimation with Confidence Intervals (5.3)
  Mar. 1 Review
  Mar. 3 Exam 4 and Solution
  
  
• Part V
  Mar. 6 Ch.6 Inferences: Tests of Hypothesis (6.1)
  Mar. 8 Ch.6 Inferences: Tests of Hypothesis (6.2)
  Mar. 20 Ch.6 Inferences: Tests of Hypothesis (6.4)
  Mar. 22 Review
  Mar. 24 Exam 5 and Solution
  
  
• Part VI Excel Example
  Mar. 27 Ch.9 Simple Linear Regression (9.1 & 9.3)
  Mar. 29 Ch.9 Simple Linear Regression (9.2)
  Mar. 31 Ch.9 Simple Linear Regression (9.4 ~ 9.5)
  Apr. 3 Ch.9 Simple Linear Regression (9.6 ~ 9.7)
  Apr. 5 Review
  Apr. 7 Exam 6 and Solution
  
  
• Part VII
  Apr. 10 Ch.9 Simple Linear Regression (9.8)
  Apr. 12 Ch.9 Simple Linear Regression (9.9) (updated 3/23)
  Apr. 14 Take-Home Exam / Paper / Excel File / Excel Tutorials
  Apr. 21 2nd JJR Lecture (Noon, UMFA Auditorium) / Paper
  Apr. 26 Take-Home Exam Due (11:50am, FAMB 203)