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Econ3304 0 001:TechniquesforEconom micResearch AmySpeer Fall2011 FO2.410,M M/W@10a 11:15a

sContactInformation Professors Off ficeLocation GR2.822rightbythedoo or Em mailAddress aes092020@utdallas.edu :11:15a 12:30p/R:11a 12p OfficeHours T:5p 6p/W: OtherInformation Otherofficeh hoursavailable ebyappointment(madebye emailorinclas ss). ourseInformat tion GeneralCo andSTAT1342 2,or MATH131 14andEPPS34 405 Pr requisites MATH1314a re Anintroducti iontotheprim marymethodsu usedineconom micresearch.T Topics include: informationtechnology, com mputersoftware, mathematics,and Course eDescription isticsforecono omists. stati Thiscourseis sdesignedtop provideafound dationforallo otherupperlev vel economicsan ndfinancecourses.Prerequis sites:collegele evelalgebraan ndcollege levelstatistic cs.Thiscoursedoesnotapply ytoBSinEcon. Uponcoursecompletion, eachstudentsh hould: abletothinkcr riticallyaboute economicmod dels Bea Have ebasicknowle edgeofsimpleconceptsinca alculus,probab bility theo ory,statistics,a andempiricale economicanalysis Learnin ngOutcomes Understandhowc calculus,probabilitytheory,a andstatisticsca anbeused inec conomicanalysis Have esomeintrodu uctoryknowled dgetoeconom micresearchan ndto econ nomicdatasou urces RequiredTex xt: Vijve erberg,Murdo och,Hoch:Bas sicTechniquesf forEconomicR Research RequiredMaterial: (1) Ascientificcalculatorforexamsandclassexercises. Requ uiredTexts& er. (2) Athree ringbinde Materials Recommende edMaterial: (1) Supp pliestotakesu ufficientnotesforeachclass. . (2) Penc cilanderaser. Ifyouattendclassandtake edetailednote es,thetextand dyournoteswillbe arnyouexcelle entmarksinthisclass.Howev ver,youroldte extbooks Sugg gestedTexts, enoughtoea tatisticswillservewellasrev vieworrefresher Readings,&Materials fromcollegealgebraandst materials.

Assignments&AcademicCalendar Date 8/24/2011 8/29/2011 8/31/2011 9/5/2011 9/7/2011 9/12/2011 9/14/2011 9/19/2011 9/21/2011 9/26/2011 9/28/2011 10/3/2011 10/5/2011 10/10/2011 10/12/2011 10/17/2011 10/19/2011 10/24/2011 10/26/2011 10/31/2011 11/2/2011 11/7/2011 11/9/2011 11/14/2011 11/16/2011 11/21/2011 11/23/2011 11/28/2011 11/30/2011 12/5/2011 12/9/2011 Day W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M F ClassSubject Syllabus,MathSkillsTest,&CH1:Intro CH2:EconomicModels CH3:WorkingwithLinearEquations NoClass LaborDay CH4:MultipleEquationModels CH4:MultipleEquationModels CH5:Non LinearFunctions CH5:Non LinearFunctions CH6:Slopes&Derivatives CH6:Slopes&Derivatives CH7:Maximization&Minimization CH7:Maximization&Minimization CH8:FunctionswithSeveralVariables CH9:ProbabilityConcepts Midterm#1 CH10:DistributionsofDiscreteRVs CH11:DistributionsofContinuousRVs CH12:CentralLimitTheorem CH12:CentralLimitTheorem CH13:JointDistributions CH14:Risk&EconomicBehavior CH15:Statistics,Sampling,&Estimation Midterm#2 CH16:RegressionAnalysis CH16:RegressionAnalysis CH17:SeveralExplanatoryVariables CH18:NonlinearRelations&LinearModels CH18:NonlinearRelations&LinearModels CH19:Prediction&Forecasting CH19:Prediction&Forecasting FinalExam@8am HW7Due HW6Due;HW7Given:CH18 19 HW5Due;HW6Given:CH15 17 HW4Due;HW5Given:CH12 14 HW3Due;HW4Given:CH9 11 HW2Due;HW3Given:CH6 8 HW1Due;HW2Given:CH4 5 HW1Given:CH1 3 Deliverables

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