Course outline - BUEC 333, Summer 2002 - D. Maki

Description:  The topics covered will include hypothesis
testing, regression and correlation analysis, multiple
regression, time series and index numbers.

Required Texts:

     Paul Newbold, Statistics for Business and Economics,
     4th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1995.

     Michael Middleton, Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel,
     latest edition, Duxbury.

Grading:


If the final examination grade is better than the midterm
grade (relative to the mean), the midterm grade will be
ignored and the final will count for the total exam grade.

Course Requirements:  Problem sets will be assigned every
week.  Textbook questions should be worked with calculators
(good preparation for exams) and the answers checked with
the EXCEL computer program.  Some other assignments (see
below) are designed for EXCEL only.  Questions testing
knowledge of EXCEL procedures and commands will be included
on the exams.

Tutorials will not meet during the first week of classes.

Week #    Material            Assignment
          Covered             (Due the following week)

1         Review, 9.1-        Ch.8 #111,19,26,59
          9.2                 Ch.9 #9

2         9.3-9.5             Ch.9 #11,13,17,21,23,25

3         9.6-9.9             Ch.9 #31,35,39,45
                              Get college data from
                              my web page and test
                              for difference in variance
                              of COLGPA and HSGPA using     
                              EXCEL.

4         9.9,                Ch.9 # 55,65
          10.1-10.5           Ch.10 #3,9,13

5         11.1-11.3           Ch.11 #5,9,11,13,33.

6         12.1-12.3           NONE

7         MIDTERM on the first class meeting this week.
          12.4-12.6           Ch.12 #3,11,15,17
                              Using college data
                              from my web page, estimate a
                              least squares regression of
                              COLGPA on HSGPA.

8         12.7-12.9           Ch.12 #27,31,37,53,63
          13.1-13.3

9         13.4-13.6           Ch.13 #3,5,11,17
                              Using college data from
                              my web page, estimate a least
                              squares regression of COLGPA  
                              on HSGPA, VSAT and MSAT.

10        13.7-13.8           Ch.13 #29,33,39 (use EXCEL
          14.1-14.3           on 39); Ch.14 #5,9.  Start    
                              working on your Individual    
                              Assignment (see web page).

11        14.4-14.8           Using college data from my web
                              page, regress COLGPA on all   
                              the other variables (watch out
                              for the dummy variable "trap")
                              and test whether "Faculty"    
                              (science, arts, etc.) matters.
                              Continue with Individual      
                              Assignment.

12        17.1-17.6           Ch.17 #3,5,7,9,13

13        17.7-17.10