Important Dates for Fall 2015: Test 1 on October 1st (Thursday): In Fall Break (Oct.12 & 13): No class Test 2 on November 12th (Thursday): In class Makeup class on Nov. 17th (Tuesday) from 5pm to 6:15pm: Make up the Nov. 24th class Thanksgiving from November 24th to November 27th: No class Final Exam: December 10th (Thursday) from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm ECONOMICS 220: Tentative Course Schedule Week Topic Textbook Lecture Note Week 1 Basic concepts: Chap. 1 & 2 Lecture note #2 Descriptive statistics Week 2 Measure of relationships Chap. 2: Sec 2.4 Lecture note #3 between variables Week 3 Theory of probability Chap.3: Sec 3.1 Lecture note #4 & 3.3 Week 4 Counting techniques Chap. 3: Sec 3.2 Lecture note #5 Week 5 Bayes’ Theorem Chap. 3: Sec 3.5 Lecture note #6 Week 6 Random variables: Chap. 4: Sec 4.1 Lecture note #7 Discrete & Continuous & 4.2 Chap. 5: Sec 5.1 Week 7 Joint random variables Chap. 4: Sec 4.7 Lecture note #8 & Change of Variables Chap. 5: Sec 5.6 Week 8 Expectations including Chap. 4: Sec 4.3 Lecture note #9 conditional expectations & 4.7 Week 9 Expectation including Chap. 5: Sec 5.2 Lecture note #9 conditional expectations & 5.6 Week 10 Moment of Generating Chap. 4: Sec 4.4, Lecture note Function & Discrete 4.5 & 4.6 #10 distributions Week 11 Continuous distributions Chap. 5: Sec 5.3, Lecture note 5.4 & 5.5 #11 Week 12 Sampling distributions Chap. 6 Lecture note #12 Week 13 Estimation including Chap. 7 Lecture note MLE #13 Week 14 Hypothesis Testing Chapter 9 Lecture note #14 Ground Rules for Success in Econ220:
Important Dates for Fall 2015: Test 1 on October 1st (Thursday): In Fall Break (Oct.12 & 13): No class Test 2 on November 12th (Thursday): In class Makeup class on Nov. 17th (Tuesday) from 5pm to 6:15pm: Make up the Nov. 24th class Thanksgiving from November 24th to November 27th: No class Final Exam: December 10th (Thursday) from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm ECONOMICS 220: Tentative Course Schedule Week Topic Textbook Lecture Note Week 1 Basic concepts: Descriptive statistics Chap. 1 & 2 Lecture note #2 Week 2 Measure of relationships between variables Chap. 2: Sec 2.4 Lecture note #3 Week 3 Theory of probability Chap.3: Sec 3.1 & 3.3 Lecture note #4 Week 4 Counting techniques Chap. 3: Sec 3.2 Lecture note #5 Week 5 Bayes’ Theorem Chap. 3: Sec 3.5 Lecture note #6 Week 6 Random variables: Discrete & Continuous Chap. 4: Sec 4.1 & 4.2 Chap. 5: Sec 5.1 Lecture note #7 Week 7 Joint random variables & Change of Variables Chap. 4: Sec 4.7 Chap. 5: Sec 5.6 Lecture note #8 Week 8 Expectations including conditional expectations Chap. 4: Sec 4.3 & 4.7 Lecture note #9 Week 9 Expectation including conditional expectations Chap. 5: Sec 5.2 & 5.6 Lecture note #9 Week 10 Moment of Generating Function & Discrete distributions Chap. 4: Sec 4.4, 4.5 & 4.6 Lecture note #10 Week 11 Continuous distributions Chap. 5: Sec 5.3, 5.4 & 5.5 Lecture note #11 Week 12 Sampling distributions Chap. 6 Lecture note #12 Week 13 Estimation including MLE Chap. 7 Lecture note #13 Week 14 Hypothesis Testing Chapter 9 Lecture note #14 Ground Rules for Success in Econ220: