ECON * 2740 – Economic Statistics F,W (3-1) [0.50]

A course designed to prepare students conceptually and mathematically for ECON*3560, Theory of Finance and ECON*3740, Introduction to Econometrics. Topics include the summation operator, descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, probability and statistical independence, the binomial distribution, algebra of the expectation operator, discrete bivariate distributions, covariance, variance of a linear function of random variables, the normal and t distributions, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing and an introduction to ordinary least squares. Additional topics may be included at the instructor’s discretion. Examples and assignment questions are drawn from economics and finance.


Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : October 12, 2013

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? Yes
Professor : Thille

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If you are good at math, this course will be easy. Wasnt a fan of stats coming in, but had good grades in calc and all math courses. Aced this course. Make sure to do homework and practice questions, and you will do great. You get a cheat sheet as well
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Posted By : A
Posted On : February 8, 2013

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? Yes
Professor : Thille

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Course wasnt too bad. Final is worth 60 percent so it doesnt really matter if you screw up during the rest of the semester. Nothing too challenging and the work was pretty straight forward. I would recommend.
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Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : January 6, 2013

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? Yes
Professor : Thille

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Prof was great. I hated stats coming into this. Dreaded this course before it even started. By the end of the semester, I enjoyed stats, which is pretty good considering how much I hated it. Boosted my mark, just make sure you go to all lectures, its VERY easy to fall behind. Prof moves fairly quick, but always willing to help if you dont get something. Class slowed him down a couple times since we didnt get it, he explained it all again, not a problem at all. If you get math, dont worry, shouldnt be too bad. Used the textbook a couple times to review class work, and further understand some concepts. As much as I hate to say it, the super expensive book did come in use at valuable times.
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Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : March 29, 2012

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? No
Professor : Not specified

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This is quite possibly the worst econ course I've ever taken. It was boring, dry and my prof didn't speak English very well. If you can take a stats course instead of it like STAT 2060 instead, then do it. This course was such a peice of crap. Literally more than half the class ended up dropping it after the midterm when I took it. The class average was brutal. The content itself isn't really that hard to be honest. Just be prepared to learn it on your own.
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Posted By : Dan
Posted On : November 30, 2011

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? No
Professor : Not specified

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Wasnt that bad, midterms were really bell curved! No calculators, which makes it way easier cheat sheets on all exams plus online weekly assignments. If you put minimal effort, you will get a 70
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Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : March 3, 2011

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This is course is horrible, avoid it if you can. The only good thing about this course is that the online assignements can be done as many times as possible.
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