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ECON 4002

Statistical Analysis in Economics

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Probability: including conditional probability, random variables and distributions, unconditional and conditional expectations. Distributions: including special distributions and their properties, and sampling distributions of estimators. Nonparametric methods and limit theorems; stochastic processes; simulation and bootstrap methods. Applications of these tools to economic theory.

2025

Topics

  • Problem Set 1
  • Problem Set 2
  • Practice Midterms
  • none - Reading Week
  • Problem Set 3
  • Problem Set 4
  • Problem Set 5
  • Practice Final

Readings

  • The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality by Nick Huntington-Klein, CRC press, html version available here https://theeffectbook.net/

Prerequisites & course information

Precludes additional credit for STAT 3508 and STAT 3558 . Prerequisite(s): ECON 2210 (or equivalent) with a grade of C+ or higher, and ECON 3210 (or equivalent) with a grade of C+ or higher. Lectures three hours a week, tutorials one and a half hours a week.

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