ECON 480A Econometrics1

Term: Fall 2013

Instructor:  Fahsiang Chang

Lectures:    M, W, F 9:00 –9:50 am

Classroom: Obrian 109

Discussion:  Eco 480 A1 W. 8:00-8:50am, Capen 260

Eco 480 A2 R.  3:30-4:20am, Bell 138

Eco 480 A3 M. 11:00-11:50am, Cfa 144

Email:  fchang3@buffalo.edu

Office hour: M, 10:00am-11:00am and by appointment

Office: 414 Fronczak Hall

TA: Yiqian Lu (yiqianlu@buffalo.edu)

office hour: Wed. 2-3 pm, Fronczak 411

Grading Policy

The final grade will be consist of

*   Homework (12 points)

*   Discussion Attendance (3 points)

*   Exam 1(15 points scheduled on 9/20 in class)

*   Exam 2(15 points scheduled on 10/18 in class)

*   Exam 3(15 points scheduled on 11/15 in class)

*   Exam 4(15 points scheduled on 12/04 in class)

*   Final Exam (25 points scheduled on 12/11)

Course Schedule

0. Introduction

1. Descriptive Statistics (Ch. 2)

2. Probability (Ch. 3)

3. Probability Distributions (Ch. 4)

Exam 1

4. Two Random Variables (Ch. 5)

5. Sampling (Ch. 6)

6. Point Estimation (Ch. 7)

Exam 2

7. Confidence Intervals (Ch. 8)

8. Hypothesis Testing (Ch. 9)

Exam 3

9. ANOVA (Ch. 10)

Exam 4 (Note: Chap 9 will be also included in the exam 4)

Final Exam 

Homework solutions:

ECO 480_Fall 2013 Homework 1_answer

ECO 480_Fall 2013 Homework 2_answer

ECO 480_Fall 2013 Homework 3_answer

ECO 480_Fall 2013 Homework 4_answer

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