ECON 140: Economic Statistics and Econometrics
University of California, Berkeley

Course information

Professor: Greg Duncan [e-mail]

My contact information: Charlie Gibbons [homepage | e-mail]

Lecture: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4-5:30
Location: Lewis 100

My section times: Thursdays 8-9:30 and 2-3:30
Location: Dwinelle 183 (morning) and Dwinelle 259 (afternoon)

My office hours: Wednesdays 10am-12noon or by appointment
Location: Evans 608-8

Please see the bSpace course page for additional information.

Announcements

The second exam is on Monday, November 23rd.
November 11th: The Miscellaneous Topics in Regression and Understanding Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals handouts and the Heteroskedasticity do file have been updated.

Handouts

Introduction to Basic Probability
Introduction to Univariate Regression
Regression Inference
Miscellaneous Topics in Regression
Multivariate Regression
Economics to Econometrics: A Cost Minimization Example
Understanding Stata Regression Output
Interpreting Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals
Percent Versus Percentage Points
Omitted Variables Bias
An Overview Through Chapter 9

Stata files

Introduction to Stata [data | .do]
Graphing Probability Functions [.do]
Introduction to Regression [data | .do]
Regression Inference [data | .do]
Prediction Intervals [.do]
Multivariate Regression [.do]
F-tests and Cost Minimization [data | .do]
General-to-specific Regressions [data 1 | data 2 | .do]
Heteroskedasticity [.do]
Driving Fatalities [.do | data | data description]

Stata resources

Quick Stata Guide
Getting Started with Stata
Regression with Stata (Stata Web Books)
Short Guides to Econometrics (with Stata commands)
Stata Class Notes
Stata Starter Kit: FAQs and Learning Modules
The Stata Project-Oriented Guide

Campus Stata access

Doe Data Lab
Haas Computing Service (Haas students only; via remote access to rts64.haas.berkeley.edu)

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