Course Description
The statistical foundations of econometrics, including probability, random variables, sampling, expectation, distribution functions, parametric and conditional distributions, independence, functions of random variables, and maximum likelihood.
Athena Title
STATS ECONOMETRICS
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide the student with the statistical fundamentals of probability, estimation, and hypothesis testing that are necessary to understand the other Econometrics courses and theory/field courses.
Topical Outline
Probability Bivariate Regression Model Random Variables, Probability Distributions, and Expectations Parametric Univariate Distributions Joint and Conditional Distributions Distributions of Functions of Random Variables Sampling Distributions Tests of Hypothesis
Syllabus