ECON 5
Statistics for Economics
An introduction to probalistic modeling and statistical inference applied to the analysis of economic data for students with basic knowledge of calculus. Topics covered include: probability, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, mean, variance, correlation, sampling, parameter estimation, unbiasedness and efficiency, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing. Computing labs with Excel.
Topics
- probability
- discrete and continuous random variables
- probability distributions
- mean
- variance
- correlation
- sampling
- parameter estimation
- unbiasedness and efficiency
- confidence intervals
- hypothesis testing
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027