Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Economics

Harvard FAS

In a world where data is growing larger and more complex, it can be a challenge to turn an abundance of information into the knowledge from which sound decisions can be made. As a discipline, statistics aims to bridge the gap between knowledge and information. This course will motivate statistical methods through data analysis and visualization, in addition to discussing the underlying theory. We will discuss topics such as study design, descriptive statistics, probability, sampling…