Quantitative Methods

Measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode

Bài đọc:

1. MBB2, Chapter 2

Problem Set 1 Distributed

Measures of variability and correlation: variance, standard deviation, covariance and correlation (Cao Hao Thi)

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 2

Probability concepts

Probability properties

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.1-3.3

Problem set 1 Due; Problem set 2 Distributed

Conditional probability: Bayes' Rule

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.4-3.5

Binomial distribution

Poisson distribution

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.6MBB2, Chapter 4

Problem set 2 Due; Problem set 3 Distributed

Uniform distribution

Normal distribution

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 5

Sampling distribution 

The central limit theorem

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 6

Problem set 3 Due; Problem set 4 Distributed

Point estimation

Confidence Intervals

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 7

Tests of Hyphotheses for Populuation Means

Tests of Hyphotheses for the Difference between Two Population Means

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 8, Sections 8.1-8.5

Problem set 4 Due; Problem set 5 Distributed

Tests of Hyphotheses for Population Proportions

Tests of Hyphotheses for the Difference between Two Population Proportions

Readings:

1. MBB2, Chapter 8, Sections 8.7-8.8

Problem set 5 Due

Simple Regression: The Basic Model and OLS

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 3, Sections 3.1 and 3.2; 3.A.3

2. DG3, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, Sections 3.1 and 3.2

Problem set 6 Distributed

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 3, Sections 3.3 and 3.4; 3.A.4, 3.A.6

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 3, Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10

2. DG3, Chapter 3, Section 3.5. Sections 3.6 - 3.8 (optional).

3. DG3, Chapter 5, Sections 5.1 - 5.8

Problem set 6 Due; Problem set 7 Distributed

Proposal of Term Project Due

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 and 4.2

2. DG3, Chapter 7, Sections 7.1 - 7.5

Problem set 7 Due; Problem set 8 Distributed

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 and 4.2

2. DG3, Chapter 7, Sections 7.1 - 7.5

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 4, Sections 4.3 and 4.4

2. DG3, Chapter 8, Sections 8.1 - 8.5

Problem set 8 Due; Problem set 9 Distributed

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 4, Sections 4.3 and 4.4

2. DG3, Chapter 8, Sections 8.1 - 8.5

First Draft of Term Project Due

Readings:

1. RR5, Section 4.5DG3, Chapter 13

Problem set 9 Due; Problem set 10 Distributed

Readings:

1. RR5, Sections 6.1 - 6.12

2. DG3, Sections 6.3, 7.10, 7.11

Readings:

1. RR5, Chapter 7

2. DG3, Chapter 15

Problem set 10 Due; Problem set 11 Distributed

Readings:

1. DG3, Chương 16 

Problem set 11 Due

Final Draft of Term Project Due