Course outline - BUEC 333, Summer 2003 - D. Maki

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

Required Texts:

     Newbold, Carlson, Thorne, Statistics for Business and
     Economics, 5th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2003.

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

Grading:

Midterm     30%
Final       60%
Tutuorial   10%

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 #15,31,37,61
          9.2                 Ch.9 #5

2         9.3-9.5             Ch.9 #7,17,25,27

3         9.6-9.9             Ch.9 #35,45,49
                              Get growth data from
                              my web page and test
                              for difference in variance
                              of GRTH and INV using     
                              EXCEL.

4         9.9,                Ch.9 # 55,57
          13.1-13.4           Ch.13 #1,9,15

5         14.1-14.3           Ch.14 #7,11,13,19

6         10.1-10.3, 13.5     NONE

7         MIDTERM on the 2-hour class meeting this week.
          10.4-10.6           Ch.10 #3,11,15,17
                              Using growth data
                              from my web page, estimate a
                              least squares regression of
                              GRTH on INV using EXCEL

8         10.7                Ch.10 #31,33,61
          11.1-11.3           Ch. 11 #3,5

9         11.4-11.6           Ch.11 #9,17,21,32,33
                              Using growth data from
                              my web page, estimate a least
                              squares regression of GRTH
                              on INV and Y60 

10        11.7-11.9           Ch.11 #35,39,41,46,49; Start
          12.1-12.3           working on your Individual    
                              Assignment (see web page).

11        12.4-12.7           Ch. 12, # 1,5
                              Using growth data from my web
                              page, regress GRTH on all   
                              the other variables.  Test for
                              heteroscedasticity.  

12        17.1-17.5          Ch.17 #3,5,23,33

13        Review, catch-up