EC304 Schedule

*Date*	*Topic*	*Day*	*Miscellaneous*
3 Sept	Introduction	Wed.
5 Sept	Ch. 1 What Is Econometrics? Ch. 2: Random Variables, Expected Values	Fri.	Tasks: Install Data Analysis Tool
8 Sept	Mean & Variance of a Linear Function of a RV	Mon.	Tasks: Import data file into Excel
10 Sept	Ch. 2: Jointly Distributed Random Variables, Covariance and Correlation	Wed.	(Hand-out)
12 Sept	VAE	Fri.	Problems for Chapter 2
15 Sept	Ch. 2: Bayes' Theorem and Conditional Probability Solutions to Bayes'	Mon.	Handout Solutions
17 Sept	Ch. 2 Probability Distributions	Wed
Part I: The Simple Linear Regression Model
19 Sept	Ch. 3: Model Specification	Fri.	Demand for Phone Calls
23 Sept	Ch. 3: Parameter Estimation	Tues.	Practice Models
24 Sept	Ch. 3: Interpreting LS Estimates	Wed.	Solutions to Models
26 Sept	Review for Exam 1 Exam #1	Fri.	Solutions to Review
29 Sept	Ch. 4: Properties of the LS Estimators	Mon.
1 Oct	Ch. 4: Variance of the Model, Standard Errors	Wed.
3 Oct	Ch. 5: Interval Estimation - t-distribution Starting Salaries	Fri.
6 Oct	Ch. 5: Hypothesis Testing	Mon.
8 Oct	Ch. 5: More Hypothesis Testing	Wed.	A Note
10 Oct	Ch. 5: p-Values	Fri.
13 Oct	Rule of Thumb for Tests and CI's	Mon.
15 Oct	Type I and Type II Errors, Ch. 6: ANOVA	Wed.
17 Oct	Ch. 6: R²Filling-in the Blanks Worksheet	Fri.	Labor Productivity
20 Oct	Ch. 6: Alternative Functional Forms Reciprocal Food Exp. Model	Mon.
22 Oct	Ch. 6.: Quadratric Models and Diminishing Marginal Returns	Wed.	Learning Curve Travel
24 Oct	Review for Exam 2 Exam #2	Fri.	See Misc. Page for More Review
27 Oct	Ch. 6: Jarque-Bera Test for Normality	Mon.
Part II: The Multiple Regression Model
29 Oct	Ch. 7: Estimation & Interpretation, Properties of LS Estimators	Wed.
31 Oct	Ch. 7: The Multivariate Model, continued	Fri.
3 Nov	Ch. 7: Factors that Affect the Precision of the LS Estimators	Mon.	Worksheet
5 Nov	Ch. 7: Confidence Intervals Hypothesis Testing, R² & Adjusted R²	Wed.
7 Nov	Ch. 8: F-Tests: Test of Overall Significance	Fri.	Worksheet Suicides
10 Nov	General F- tests Cars chickencons.xls	Mon.
12 Nov	Model Specification and the RESET Test Worksheet	Wed.
14 Nov	Ch. 8: Dim. Marginal Returns Worksheet	Fri.
17 Nov	Exam #3	Mon.
Part III: Violations of Basic Assumptions
19 Nov	Ch. 8: Multicollinearity What happens when you have perfect multicollinearity Production Function	Wed.
21 Nov	Ch. 9: Dummy (Binary)Variables; Intercept Shift	Fri.	Worksheet
24 Nov	Ch. 9: Slope Shift	Mon.	Worksheet
25-30 Nov	Thanksgiving Furlough
1 Dec	Ch. 9: Chow Test for Equivalent Regressions More Models	Mon.
3 Dec	Exam #4	Wed.
5 Dec	Ch. 11 Intro to Heteroskedasticity	Fri.
8 Dec	Ch. 11: Goldfeld-Quandt Test	Mon.	Location, Location, Location
10 Dec	Ch. 11: Proportional Hetero and GLS	Wed.
12 Dec	Ch. 11: A Model with Partitioned Hetero and GLS Course EvalsLast Day of Classes	Fri.