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ECON 2110 Economic Statistics Fall 2025 (Readings should be completed prior to the
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DATES |
TOPICS |
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS |
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WEEK 1 August 24, 26 |
What is Statistics? Graphical Descriptive Techniques 1 |
Introduction, Read the Syllabus, etc. Read
Chapter 1: What is
Statistics? (PPT) Read Chapter
2: Graphical Descriptive
Techniques 1 (PPT) Readings: Political Numbers Games How to Lie and Cheat with Statistics Video: Nerdy Statistics You've
Never Thought of
Before ______________________________ Problems
Chapters 2 and 3 Due
Date to Submit Required Questions is September 11 |
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WEEK 2 August 31 September 2 |
Graphical Descriptive Techniques 1 Continued Graphical Descriptive Techniques 2 |
Read Chapter
2: Graphical Descriptive
Techniques 1 (PPT) Read Chapter
3: Graphical Descriptive
Techniques 2 (PPT) Readings: Stata
InstructionsChapter 2 Excel
Instructions Chapter 3 Stata
Instructions Chapter 3 Stem and Leaf Nice Pie Charts
Video: Creating Bar Chart in
Stata Customizable
tables in Stata 17: Cross-tabulations Data Files: Hotel
Ratings.xls SoftDrink.xlsx Audit.xls BridgePlayers(Ages)-Xm03-01.xlsx Two
Investments-Xm03-02.xlsx Marks-Xm03-03.xlsxs Gasoline-Xm03-05.xlsx SizePrice-Xm03-07.xlsx ConsumerSurvey
Data-GSS2018.xlsx |
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WEEK 3 September 7, 9 |
Numerical Descriptive Techniques |
Read Chapter
4: Numerical Descriptive
Techniques (PPT) Data Files: BridgePlayers-Xm03-01.xlsx Golf Clubs-Xm04-08xlsx Spurious
Correlation1.xlsx Spurious
Correlation2.xlsx Spurious
Correlation3.xlsx ToolsXm043-15.xlsx Readings: Excel
Instructions Chapter 4 Stata
Instructions Chapter 4 Types of Kurtosis Arithmetic versus Geometric Mean Geomean
Example ___________________________ Problems Chapter 4 Not to be handed
in, but should be completed by September 18 |
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WEEK 4 September 14, 16 |
QUIZ 1 (September 14) Numerical Descriptive Techniques Continued Data Collection and Sampling |
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WEEK 5 September 21, 23 |
EXAM 1 (September 21) Probability
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Exam 1 Covers Chapters 1 5 Read Chapter 6: Probability (PPT) ______________________________ Problems Chapter 6 Not to be handed
in, but should be completed by October 2 |
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WEEK 6 September 28, 30 |
Probability Continued Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions |
Read Chapter 6: Probability (PPT) _______________________________ Problems Chapter 7 Not to be handed
in, but should be completed by October 9 Bayes Problems |
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WEEK 7 October 5, 7 |
Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions
Continued Continuous Probability Distributions |
Read Chapter 7: Random Variables and Discrete
Probability Distributions (PPT)
Read Chapter 8: Continuous
Probability Distributions (PPT) Tables: Cumulative
Binomial Probabilities Table Alternative Binomial Table
_______________________________ Problems
Chapter 8
Not to be handed in, but should be completed by
October 23 |
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WEEK 8 - Fall Break, No Classes Sunday, October 12, 2025 Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
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WEEK 9 October 19, 21 |
Continuous Probability Distributions Sampling Distributions QUIZ 2 (October 21) |
Read Chapter 8: Continuous
Probability Distributions (PPT) Read Chapter 9:
Sampling Distributions (PPT) Standard
Normal Cumulative Probability Table Practice: Practice Question
Proportions _______________________________ Problems Chapter 9 Not to be handed
in, but should be completed by October 30 |
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WEEK 10 October 26, 28 |
Catching-up time and Review |
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WEEK 11 November 2, 4 |
EXAM 2 (November 2) Introduction to Estimation |
Exam 2 Covers Chapters 6 9 Read Chapter
10: Introduction to Estimation (PPT) Readings: Stata
Instructions Chapter 10 Data Files: Doll-Xm10-01.xlsx
_______________________________ Problems Chapter 10
Not to be handed in, but should be completed by November 13
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WEEK 12 November 9, 11 |
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing |
Read Chapter
11: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing (PPT) Readings: Stata
Instructions Chapter 11 Data Files: Doll-Xm10-01.xlsx
_______________________________ Problems Chapter 11
Not to be handed in, but should be completed by November 20 |
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WEEK 13 November 16, 18 |
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing Inference About a Population |
Read Chapter
11: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing (PPT) Read Chapter 12: Inference
About a Population Readings: Approximating
p-Values from the Student t Table Tables: Critical Values for Students
t-Distribution Chi-Square Distribution Table Data Files: Newspaperxample-12.1.xlsx
Tax
Collections example-12.2.xlsx CF
Machineexample-12.3.xlsx _______________________________ Problems
Chapter 12 Not to be handed in, but should be
completed by November 27 |
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WEEK 14 November 23 November 25
(No Class) |
Inference about Comparing Two Populations Quiz 3 (November 23) |
Read Chapter 13: Inference about Comparing Two
Populations Readings: Chapter 13: Inference
about Comparing Two Populations Tables: F-distribution F-Distribution-two
tails Data Files: Xm13-01.xlsx
Xm13-02.xlsx
Xm13-05.xlsx
Xm13-07.xlsx
Xm13-09.xlsx
Xm13-09S.xlsx _______________________________ Problems
Chapter 13 Not to be handed in, but should be
completed by December 4 |
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WEEK
16 November 30 December
2 |
Catching up time |
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December
11 |
Final Exam |
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