Course outline - BUEC 333, Summer 1997 - D. Maki

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

Required Text:

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

Suggested Text:

     Michael Middleton, Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel
     5.0, Duxbury, 1995.

Grading:

          Midterm Examination     20%
          Final Examination       50%
          Project                 25%
          Tutorial                 5%

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 70%.  Both examinations
will be multiple choice.

Course Requirements:  Problem sets will be assigned most
weeks.  Everyone is required to complete a project which
involves statistical analysis of data using techniques
covered in the course.  A four to five page summary report
will be turned in for grading, together with relevant
computer output.  The project and some of the weekly
assignments will involve use of the EXCEL computer program.

Tutorials will not meet during the first week of classes.
                    
Week #    Material            Assignment
          Covered             (Due the following week)
                    
1         Review, 9.1-        Ch.8 #11,19,26,59
          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 interest_rate.data
                              from my Web page
                              and test for difference in    
                              variance of the TBILL rate
                              and MONEY supply using EXCEL.
                              Hand in your EXCEL output.
                    
4         9.9,                Ch.9 # 55,65
          10.1-10.5           Ch.10 #3,9,13            
                    
5         11.1-11.3           Ch.11 #5,9,33, Problem to be  
                              assigned later.
                    
6         12.1-12.3           NONE
                    
7         Midterm Wed.
          12.4-12.6           Ch.12 #3,11,15,17
                              Using interest_rate.data
                              from my Web page, estimate a
                              least squares regression of
                              TBILL on INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
                              using EXCEL.
                              Hand in your EXCEL output.
                    
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 interest_rate.data
                              from my Web page, estimate a
                              least squares regression of
                              TBILL on INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
                              and MONEY usingEXCEL.
                              Hand in your EXCEL output.
          
10        13.7-13.8           Ch.13 #29,33,39 (use EXCEL    
          14.1-14.3           on 39); Ch.14 #5,9
                              
11        14.4-14.8           WORK ON YOUR PROJECT
                    
12        17.1-17.6           Ch.17 #3,5,9,13
                    
13        17.7-17.10           Project Due Friday-          
                               NO EXTENSIONS