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AP/ECON 3210

Use of Economic Data

3.0 credits

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Causal questions and selection bias
  • Randomized experiments
  • Linear regression and hypothesis tests
  • Interpreting empirical studies and Canadian datasets

Readings

  • Required: Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Mastering ’Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect (Princeton, 2015), introduction and chapters 1–2.
  • Optional: Hanck, Arnold, Gerber and Schwardt, Introduction to Econometrics with R.
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