Fall 2006 Econ 240A Reading list 1 Llad Phillips I Perspective This is a class in applied statistics and will emphasize concepts examples and applications The lectures will establish a foundation for application and data analysis covering concepts and using examples The labs will provide hands on experience with software and data covering the idiosyncrasies of applying a statistical procedure with the software package at hand and interpreting the results The midterm and final will be a mix of conceptual questions and questions based on interpreting results generated from procedures studied in the labs The exercises assigned with a lab will extend your knowledge of the procedures covered in the Lab Notes The projects will test your ability to conduct analyses on your own without specific lab or project notes to guide you II Organization Lectures are on Tuesdays and Thursdays 5 00 6 15 PM in North Hall 1105 Lecture Notes for class will cover the concepts Text Gerald Keller Statistics for Management and Economics Seventh edition 2005 The Computer Lab is scheduled for Wednesdays 5 00 5 50 in Gaviota Phelps 1529 The capacity is 25 stations Software Excel and EViews Lab Notes will cover the procedures of analysis TA Joao Rosario Office NH 2028 Section TBA weekly Exams Midterm Tuesday Nov 7 Final Thursday December 14 7 30 10 30 PM Problem Sets Pre Midterm 1 Oct 5 2006 due Oct 12 2006 2 Oct 12 2006 due Oct 19 2006 3 Oct 19 2006 due Oct 26 2006 4 Oct 26 2006 due Nov 2 2006 Problem Set Post Midterm 5 Nov 2 2006 due Nov 9 2006 Exercises as assigned on the Lab Notes Takehome Project An exercise to test your quantitative and writing skills You can work collectively but the 2 3 page report must be yours Last Fall we did group projects with PowerPoint presentations and I will probably repat this format Your grade for the course will be based on your scores on the midterm 18 final 37 and 2 projects each 18 and your effort as indicated by problem sets and lab exercises turned in for credit 9 Of course the latter are more important than the weight indicated I distribute the grades by letter and by total score for the class and reconcile the course grades I weigh the problem sets and lab exercises one third of a grade point Fall 2006 Econ 240A Reading list 2 Llad Phillips 1 Thursday Sept 28 Lecture One Exploratory Data Analysis Ch s 1 2 3 4 I Introduction Ch 1 II Data Description Ch 4 1 4 2 III Exploratory Data Analysis Ch 2 1 2 4 Stem and leaf diagram IV Graphical Excellence Ch 3 V Dispersion Ch 4 3 4 4 Ch 4 6 4 7 Interquartile range Box and whiskers plot Sample standard deviation 2 Tuesday Oct 3 Lecture Two Exploratory Data Analysis Meets in Humanities and Social Sciences HSSB 1203 Web www lsit ucsb edu I Introduction to JMP II Histograms III Box and Whisker Plots IV The 3D Spinning Plot 3 Wednesday Oct 4 Lab One Orientation to Excel Exploratory data Analysis 4 Thursday Oct 5 Lecture Three Probability Ch 6 I Introduction Ch 6 II Random Experiments Ch 6 1 III Events Ch 6 1 IV The Addition Rule Ch 6 3 V Interpretations or Meanings of Probability Ch 6 1 VI Conditional Probability Ch 6 2 VII Independence Ch 6 2 VIII De Mere Again 5 Tuesday Oct 10 Lecture Four Random Variables I Introduction Ch 7 1 7 2 II Repeated Bernoulli Trials Ch 7 4 III Histograms of the Probability Distributions IV Pascal s Triangle V The Binomial Distribution Ch 7 4 VI Expected Value of the Sum of Random Variables Ch 7 2 VII Variance of the Sum of Independent Random Variables Ch 7 2 VIII The Coefficient of Variation Ch 4 2 IX Applications of the Binomial Distribution 6 Wednesday Oct 11 Lab Two Binomial Distribution 7 Thursday Oct 12 Lecture Five Normal Distribution Ch s 5 8 9 Fall 2006 Econ 240A Reading list 3 Llad Phillips I Introduction Ch 8 1 II The Normal Approximation to the Binomial III Continuous Variables and the Uniform Distribution Ch 8 1 IV The Sampling Distribution of the Mean Ch 9 1 V Student s t Distribution Ch 8 4 VI Sampling Ch 5 1 5 4 8 Tuesday Oct 17 Lecture Six Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing Ch s 10 11 12 I Introduction Ch 9 1 II Confidence Intervals for Sample Proportions and Population Proportions Ch 9 3 Ch 12 4 III Confidence Intervals for Sample Means and Population Means Ch 9 2 Ch 10 3 IV Hypothesis Tests for Proportions Ch 12 4 V Hypothesis Tests for a Sample Mean Ch 11 3 VI Decision Theory Ch 11 4 9 Wednesday Oct 18 Lab Three Sampling Distributions 10 Thursday Oct 19 Lecture Seven Bivariate Relationships Ch 18 I Introduction Ch 2 5 II Capital Asset Pricing Model Ch 18 6 III Ordinary Least Squares Ch 4 5 11 Tuesday Oct 24 Lecture Eight Correlation and Analysis of Variance I Introduction II Correlation Ch 4 5 Ch 7 4 Ch 18 5 Ch 18 8 III Analysis of Variance Ch 18 5 IV The mean and variance of the OLS Slope Estimate V Hypothesis Tests About the Slope Ch 18 5 12 Wednesday Oct 25 Lab Four Scatterplots and Regression 13 Thursday Oct 26 Lecture Nine Experimental Method Clinical Trials and Experimental Design Ch 13 I Introduction II The Assumptions of Least Squares Ch 18 4 III The Pathologies of Least Squares Ch 18 9 IV Graphical Diagnostics for Least Squares Ch 18 9 V The Mean and Variance of the OLS Estimate for the Intercept VI Testing Hypotheses About the Intercept VII The Expected Value of the Sum of Squared Residuals VIII Clinical Trials Comparing Success Failure Rates for Experimentals Ch 12 6 IX Experimental Design Ch 13 4 Fall 2006 Econ 240A Reading list 4 Llad Phillips 14 Tuesday Oct 31 Lecture Ten Probability Models I Introduction II Bayes Theorem and Conditional Probability Ch 6 4 III Duration Models Failure Time and the Exponential Distribution Ch 8 3 15 Wednesday Nov 1 Lab Five Exploratory Data Analysis Scatterplots and Regression 16 Thursday Nov 2 Lecture Eleven Review Weibull Distribution Transformations Poisson Distribution I Introduction II Failure Time Models and the Weibull Distribution III Transformations IV Cumulative Hazard Function V Poisson Distribution Ch 7 7 17 Tuesday November 7 Midterm 18 Wednesday Nov 8 Lab Six Exploratory Data Analysis Scatterplots Regression and ANOVA 19 Thursday Nov 9 Lecture Twelve Visualizing Bivariate Relationships the Bivariate Normal Ch 7 4 18 4 I Introduction 2 4 II Bivariate Normal Density 7 2 7 3 III Marginal Density Functions IV Conditional Density Functions V Example Rates of Return for a Stock and the Market VI Discriminating Between Two Populations 20 Tuesday Nov 14 Lecture Thirteen Expected Vs Observed Frequencies Contingency Tables
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