ECON 103

Main Course

Introduction to Econometrics

Description

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 11, and 41 or Mathematics 170E and 170S or Statistics 100A and 100B. Enforced corequisite: 103L. Introduction to theory and practice of univariate regression analysis with emphasis on its use in economics. Introduction to method of least squares, Gauss-Markov theorem, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests in univariate regression context, and standard errors in case of heteroscedasticity and serial correlation. Emphasis on applications with real data and computer software (R programming language) to implement discussed methods. P/NP or letter grading.

Prerequisites

• Required: ECON 11

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  • Required: ECON 41

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