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Last modified 12/13/99. Designed and edited by Ty Wilde. Please direct comments to ewilde1@swarthmore.edu
Course Overview
Economics 31, statistics for economists, illustrates how simple and multiple regressions can be used to estimate economic relationships such as price or interest elasticity, returns to assets or education, and gross investment and expenditure outputs. Students learn how to develop and test the significance of equations using the statistical package STATA. Weekly discussion sessions review problem sets.
Texts:
Beals, Ralph. Statistics for Economists, an introduction
(1972).
Mirer, Thad. Economic Statistics and Econometrics
(1995)
Bernstein, Peter. Against the Gods, The Remarkable Story of Risk
(1998).
Econ 31 Class Times:
TTh 11:20 - 12:35 Dupont 139
Discussion sessions:
W 1:30-3:30
Th 1:30-3:30
Grading
In addition to submitting weekly problem sets (graded on a check minus,
check, and check plus basis), students will sit two midterms and a
final exam. Problem sets will be collected and returned only
during discussion sections, designated the first week of class. The
first problem set is due at the first discussion section.
Exam 1...........25%
Exam 2...........25%
Final Exam.....50%