Quantitative Methods

Descriptive Statistics

Measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode

• MBB2, Chapter 2

        Problem Set 1Distributed

Descriptive Statistics

Measures of variability and correlation: variance, standard deviation, covariance and correlation 

• MBB2, Chapter 2

Basic Probability

Probability concepts

Probability properties

• MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.1-3.3

       Problem set 1 Due; Problem set 2 Distributed

Conditional Probability

              Conditional probability
              Bayes’ rule

MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.4-3.5

Probability Distributions: Discrete Distributions

Binomial distribution
Poisson distribution

• MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.6
• MBB2, Chapter 4

Problem set 2 Due; Problem set 3 Distributed

Probability Distributions: Continuous Distributions 

Uniform distribution
Normal distribution

• MBB2, Chapter 5

Sampling

Sampling distribution

The central limit theorem

• MBB2, Chapter 6

Problem set 3 Due; Problem set 4 Distributed

Statistical Estimation  

     Point estimation

     Confidence Intervals

• MBB2, Chapter 7

Hypothesis Testing

     Tests of Hyphotheses for Populuation Means

     Tests of Hyphotheses for the Difference between Two Population Means

• MBB2, Chapter 8, Sections 8.1-8.5

Problem set 4 Due; Problem set 5 Distributed

Hypothesis Testing

     Tests of Hyphotheses for Population Proportions

     Tests of Hyphotheses for the Difference between Two Population Proportions 

• MBB2, Chapter 8, Sections 8.7-8.8

Lab Practice: Introduction to Statistical Software Packages 

Problem set 5 Due

Exam for the Economic Degree Conversion Program (Afternoon)

Introduction to Econometrics

        Simple Regression: The Basic Model and OLS                                                          

• RR5 Chapter 3, Sections 3.1 and 3.2; 3.A.3
• DG3 Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, Sections 3.1 and 3.2

Problem set 6 Distributed

Simple Regression: Properties of Estimators and Fitted Values                                      

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

Simple Regression: Hypothesis Tests & Confidence Intervals                                         

• RR5 Chapter 3, Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10;
• DG3 Chapter 3, Section 3.5. Sections 3.6 - 3.8 optional.
• DG3 Chapter 5, Sections 5.1 - 5.8

Problem set 6 Due; Problem set 7 Distributed

Proposal of Term Project Due

Multiple Regression: Introduction & Estimation                                                        

• RR5 Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 and 4.2
• DG3 Chapter 7, Sections 7.1 - 7.5

Problem set 7 Due; Problem set 8 Distributed

Multiple Regression: Estimation (Continued)                                                             

• RR5 Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 and 4.2

DG3 Chapter 7, Sections 7.1 - 7.5

Multiple Regression: Model Selection and Hypothesis Testing                                 

• RR5 Chapter 4, Sections 4.3 and 4.4
• DG3 Chapter 8, Sections 8.1 - 8.5

Problem set 8 Due; Problem set 9 Distributed

Multiple Regression: Model Selection and Hypothesis Testing (continued)             

• RR5 Chapter 4, Sections 4.3 and 4.4
• DG3 Chapter 8, Sections 8.1 - 8.5

Specification Error:
Omission of Relevant Variables and Inclusion of Irrelevant Ones                            

• RR5, Section 4.5
• DG3, Chapter 13

Problem set 9 Due; Problem set 10 Distributed

Functional Form                                  

• RR5, Sections 6.1 - 6.12
• DG3, Sections 6.3, 7.10, 7.11

Empirical Study 

Qualitative Independent Variables (Dummy Variables)                                            

• RR5, Chapter 7
• DG3, Chapter 15

Problem set 10 Due; Problem set 11 Distributed

Limited Dependent Variable             

DG3, Chapter 16

Empirical Study 

Final Review

Problem set 11 Due

Final Draft of Term Project Due

Descriptive Statistics

Measures of variability and correlation: variance, standard deviation, covariance and correlation

Cao Hao Thi

* MBB2, Chapter 2

Review

Hoang Van Thang

Basic Probability

Probability concepts

Probability properties

Cao Hao Thi

* MBB2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.1-3.3

Problem set 1 Due; Problem set 2 Distributed