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Econometrics A
Econ 120A, Spring 2022
The information below should be considered extremely tentative, and will likely change depending on our pace and situation through the quarter. I reserve the right to modify this information as needed. Please check the syllabus and Canvas announcements regularly for updates.
Course web page is available at canvas.ucsd/. It will include information relevant to the course, such as syllabus, announcement, lecture slides, and more. You should check this page regularly.
Prerequisites: 1. Econ1 (Principles of Microeconomics) and 2. Math 10C (Calculus III ) or Math 20C (Calculus & Analyt Geom/Sci& Engnr) or Math 31BH (Honors Multivariable Calculus )
Lectures: MWF @ Center Hall 109 1) Section A: 1:00 – 1:50 pm 2) Section B: 2:00 – 2:50 pm
Instructor: Dr. Munpyung O
- Office hours: 9:00 – 10:00 am on Wednesdays and by appointment
- Office: Economics building 109
- Zoom link: ucsd.zoom/j/6571145643.
- e-mail: m1o@ucsd Please use your UCSD email and include “Econ 120A-A” or “Econ 120A-B” in the title of your email.
TAs, Readers, and UIAs
Section A (1:00 pm class) - TAs: Hall, Zackery, z1hall@ucsd and Chartterjee, Ishani, ischatte@ucsd - Reader: Cantillo Cleves, Santiago - UIA: Khanna, Amol, a2khanna@ucsd, ucsd.zoom/j/
Section B (2:00 pm class) - TAs: Lee, Youngju, yol006@ucsd and Lin Chen, chl029@ucsd. - UIA: Wen, Zhaoyi (Gloria), zwen@ucsd, ucsd.zoom/j/
TA’s discussion sections: The first discussion sessions will take place in the second week.
- Section A: 3:00 – 3:50 pm, 4:00 – 4:50 pm on Wednesdays @Sequoyah Hall 147, and 2:00 – 2:50 pm @Center Hall 217B on Friday.
- Section B: 5:00 – 5:50 pm, 6:00 – 6:50 pm on Wednesdays @Sequoyah Hall 147, and 3:00 – 3:50 pm @Center Hall 217B on Friday.
Office hours (Section A):
- Wednesday 9:00 - 10:00 am Dr. O @ Economics building (Econ) 109
- Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 am Hall, Zackery @ SH 236
- Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 am Khanna, Amol @ ucsd.zoom/j/
Office hours (Section B):
- Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00 pm Lee, Youngju @ SH 233
- Wednesday 9:00 - 10:00 am Dr. O @ Econ 109
- Thursday 1:30 - 2:30 pm Lin Chen @ SH 233
- Saturday 11:00 - 12:00 am Wen, Zhaoyi (Gloria) @ ucsd.zoom/j/
Lectures, discussion sections, office hours: You are strongly recommended to attend TA’s discussion sections since the TA will review material covered in class, and also introduce material not covered in class and go over practice problems, the kind of problems you may encounter on exams.
Use of course materials: Class material includes the video lecture recordings, lecture slides, the problem sets, the problem set solutions. They are all subject to copyright. They are designed for you and for you only. You cannot share them without permission with anyone outside of the course. If you need that permission please email me about it.
Required textbook: Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran, Fry, Ohlmann, Essentials of Statistics for Business & Economics, Cengage, 9th edition.
- Your digital course materials are provided by the UC San Diego Bookstore through Canvas and are free for the first two weeks of classes. After two weeks, your student account will be charged a special reduced price unless you opt out.
WebAssign: Digital platform for homework assignments.
- I will periodically assign homework throughout the course. You need to create an account or login to your account if you have it already. WebAssign is on Canvas, under “WebAssign” Modules.
- You will have several attempts (3 by default) to complete your homework assignments, so you will be able to achieve a 100% score if you put enough effort into it.
- There will be no extension for homework but the lowest assignment scores will be dropped.
- Complete all your homework assignments on your own. Remember homework is assigned to assist you in learning, and it provides a good check of your understanding of the statistical concepts taught in class.
- If you need any technical support, call the WebAssign support team @ 800-354-
- I have posted several useful WebAssign links in the WebAssign module.
Exams: It is the student’s responsibility to create a schedule that does not have any time conflicts.
- Midterm 1: in-class test on Wednesday, April 20.
- Midterm 2: in-class test on Monday, May 16.
- Final exam: Section A (1:00 pm class): 11:30 am - 2:30 pm on Thursday, June 9. Section B (2:00 pm class): 3:00 - 6:00 pm on Friday, June 10.
- All tests are cumulative (comprehensive) test.
- You must take all the tests in your registered section.
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Course content and schedule (Changes, if any, will be announced.)
The following course schedule should be considered tentative, and will likely change depending on our pace through the quarter. I reserve the right to modify this schedule as needed during the quarter.
(Week 1 - 2) Descriptive Statistics: Chapter 1 - 3
- Introduction: Statistical decision making
- Population vs Sample; Parameters vs Statistics
- Data collection and Random sampling
- Data description: Organizing, summarizing, and presenting data
(Week 3 - 5) Random variables and distributions: Chapter 4 - 6
- Data and randomness
- Random variable
- Computing probabilities
- Probability distribution - Statistical characterization of random variable
- Functions of a random variable: Use of random variables
(Week 6 - 8) Inferential statistics: Chapter 7 - 9
- Sampling
- Sampling distribution and sample statistics
- Law of Large Numbers, convergence in distribution and Central Limit Theorem.
- Estimation
- Hypothesis testing
(Week 9 - 10) Two or more random variables: Chapter 3, 5, part of Chapter 10
- Joint distributions, Conditional expectation
- Relationship among random variables: Causality, Covariance, Correlation
- Testing differences between multiple statistics
- Test for independence
I reserve the right to add and/or subtract topics as the course progresses. Not all topics will be covered in the same detail. Time constraints may cause some topics to be omitted.
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ECON 120A
Subject: Psychology
Honors
