FALL 2014
Email instructor: denise.young@ualberta.ca
(please send e-mail from your U of A account with ECON 399 in the subject line)
Pre-Exam Office Hours (7-16 Tory):
Wednesday Dec. 10: 11:00-12:30
Thursday Dec. 11: 10:30-12:00, 1:30 -3:00 and 3:30 - 5:30
GENERAL
List of Topics covered by date
U of A Undergraduate Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity
Sample Mid-term Questions(password required)
Sample Final Exam(password required)
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Data Library Lib Guide(including Data Librarian appointment link)
STUDENT RESOURCES
Class "Handouts"
Review of Functional Forms (Econ 299)
Sample Research Report Worksheet
Statistical Tables (t, F, chi-square)
Research Report Presentation: Roger Graves
Heteroskedasticity Test Worksheet
Data Sets used for Class Examples
Full Time Series Data Set(excel file, password required)
Full Cross-Section Data Set(excel file, password required)
LAB ASSIGNMENTS
Lab1F14.txt (data set for Lab Assignment #1)
Lab1defnF14.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #1)
Lab2F14.txt (data set for Lab Assignment #2)
Lab2defnF14.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #2)
Lab6F14.txt (data set for Lab Assignment #6)
Lab Assignment #8 (This is the final lab assignment for the year)
Lab8F14.txt (data set for Lab Assignment #8)
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment #1(revised Sept 8, 2014)
Asst1F14.txt (data set for Assignment #1: corrected version posted Sept 8, 2014)
Asst1defF14.txt (variable definitions for Assignment #1)
Assignment #1 ANSWER KEY (revised Oct 15, 2014)
Assignment #2 (REVISED DUE DATE for Parts A and B: Monday Oct 20 by 3:30)
Asst2F14.txt (data set for Assignment #2)
Answer Key for Assignment #3 (Typo fixed in Bonus Question; SHAZAM output added Nov. 25)
Asst3F14.txt (data set for Questions 1, 2 and 3 of Part A)
Sample Shazam Files
First Example Shazam Command File (introduction to basics)
First Example Shazam Output File
classexampleF14.txt(Data set for First Shazam Example)
Second Example Shazam Command File (test and confid commands)
Second Example Shazam Output File
Third Example Shazam Command File (Chow test)
Third Example Shazam Output File
Fourth Example Shazam Command File (Dummy Dependent Variable: OLS and Probit)
Fourth Example Shazam Output File
Fifth Example Shazam Command File (RESET tests)
Fifth Example Shazam Output File
Sixth Example Shazam Command File (test for Seasonal Effects using Lab 8 data)
Sixth Example Shazam Output File
Seventh Example Shazam Command File (test for heteroskedasticity)
Seventh Example Shazam Output File
Eighth Example Shazam Command File (first order autocorrelation)
Eighth Example Shazam Output File
Ninth Example Shazam Command File (dynamic models)
Ninth Example Shazam Output File
Tenth Example Shazam Command File (Predictions for OLS regressions)
Tenth Example Shazam Output File
predictionexampleF14.txt(Data set for Tenth Shazam Example)
Eleventh Example Shazam Command File (Out-of-Sample Predictions for Probit regressions)
Last updated: Dec 2, 2014