Teaching (Econ 103: Statistics for Economists)
Grades and Questions:
Your grades are posted on Canvas. If you have questions, post them on Piazza. My office hours are on Tuesdays from 8-9AM and on Wednesdays from 4-5PM (right before class). If you need to make an appointment, just email me.
Course Documents:
- Syllabus
- How to do well in Econ 103: Some tips for the course.
- Combinations and Permutations: A review
- Random Variables Handout Useful discussion about probability distributions: NYU Stern, Cloudera
- 7 Tips for Interpreting Macroeconomic Data (Jason Furman, CEA Chairman) [pdf version]
- Confidence Interval Refinement (Add 2 Successes and 2 Failures)
Forecasting and Polling Module
- Overview of Common Issues in Polling and Survey Design (Source: Pew Research)
- Slides
R Project Resources:
Lectures:
- Chapter 1 Background and Motivation [Quiz]
- Chapter 2 Summary Statistics and Z-Scores [Quiz]
- Chapter 3 Probability [Quiz]
- Chapter 4 (Updated) Random Variables (Discrete Version) [Quiz] [Video]
- Chapter 5 Random Variables (Continuous Version) [Quiz][Video1][Video2]
- Chapter 6 Sampling and Bias [Quiz]
- Chapter 7 Confidence Intervals [Video]
- Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing [Video1] [Video2] [Video3] [Quiz]
- Chapter 9 Regression [Video]
Practice Exams:
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