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ECON 399: Sections A1 and A3
FALL 2015
PRE-EXAM OFFICE HOURS: FRIDAY DEC. 11 10:30 to Noon, 1:30 to 3:00, 3:30 to 5:00
Email instructor: denise.young@ualberta.ca
(please send e-mail from your U of A account with ECON 399 in the subject line)
Course Materials
Course Materials
GENERAL
List of Topics covered by date
Econ 399 Course Outline - Section A1
Econ 399 Course Outline - Section A3
U of A Undergraduate Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity
Writing Across the Curriculum Class Visit Slides (Oct. 27)
Sample Template (Nov. 26)
Sample Mid-term Questions(password required)
Sample Final Exam(password required)
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Data Library (including Data Librarian appointment link)
STUDENT RESOURCES
Class "Handouts"
Review of Functional Forms (Econ 299)
Review of Summation and Expectation Operators (Econ 299)
Fitting a Straight Line through a Scatterplot of Data
Data Sets used for Class Examples (excel, password required)
Full Time Series Commodity Price Data Set
Full Cross-Section Basketball Data Set
Articles Related to Class Examples
Basketball
1. Greenberg, J. 2014-15 NBA Fan Cost Index®, Team Marketing Report Factbook.
2. Coates, D. and B. Humphreys (2007) Ticket Prices, Concessions and Attendance at Professional Sporting Events International Journal of Sport Finance 01/2007; 2(3):161-170.
Biofuels / Agricultural Commodities
1. Atkins, E. (2015) Biofuel crops will feel effects of slumping oil prices, research shows, Globe and Mail, Jul. 01, 2015
2. OECD/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(2015), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015, OECD Publishing, Paris.
Much shorter document: Executive Summary
LAB ASSIGNMENTS
firstdofile.do (Sample "do" file using the "Example 1" data set)
Lab1F15.dta (Stata data set for Lab Assignment #1)
Lab1F15def.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #1)
Lab3F15.dta (Stata data set for Lab Assignment #3)
Lab3F15def.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #3)
Lab6.txt (text file data set for Lab Assignment #6)
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment #1 Answer Worksheet
Asst1F15.dta(Stata data set for First Assignment)
Asst1F15.xlsx(Spreadsheet version of data set)
Assignment #2 Questions (reposted on Oct.9)
- t-test hypotheses labelled as (a), (b), (c) in A3
- Fixed the formatting in the B2 True/False question
Assignment #2 Answer Worksheet
Assignment #2 Answer Key (excludes answer to B1: see class notes)
Assignment #3 Answer Worksheet
Asst3Q1.dta(Stata data set for Assignment 3)
Assignment #3 Answer Key (excludes answer to Part B: they will be discussed in class)
Sample Stata Files
First Stata Example: Do File (introduction to basics)
Histogram from Example1 (converted to "jpg" format for web viewing)
Scatter Plot from Example1 (converted to "jpg" format for web viewing)
Example1.dta(Stata data set for First Stata Example)
Example1.xlsx(Spreadsheet version of data set)
Second Stata Example: Do File (t-tests, F-tests and confidence intervals)
Second Stata Example: Log File
Example2.dta(Data set for Second Stata Example)
Third Stata Example: Do File (Dummy variables and Chow tests using commodity quarterly price data*)
Example3.dta(Stata Data set for Third Stata Example)
Example3.xlsx(Excel Version of Data set for Third Stata Example)
Fourth Stata Example: Do File (Dummy Dependent Variable: OLS, Logit and Probit)
Fourth Stata Example: Log File
Example4.dta(Data set for Fourth Stata Example)
Fifth Stata Example: Do File (RESET tests using data from Example 2)
Sixth Stata Example: Do File (test for Seasonal Effects using Example 3 data)
Seventh Stata Example: Do File (tests for heteroskedasticity,
het-consistent standard errors, using Example 1 data)
Seventh Stata Example: Log File
Eighth Stata Example: Do File (tests for autocorrelation,
"Prais" regression, auto-consistent standard errors)
Eighth Stata Example: Log File
Example8.dta(Data set for Eighth Stata Example)
Ninth Stata Example: Do File (Dynamic models, using Example 8 data)
Tenth Stata Example: Do File (Prediction in OLS model, using Example 1 data for estimation)
newseason.dta(Data for 5 teams whose 2015-16 ticket prices we will predict)
* Sample do files for converting monthly data to quarterly or annual data:
Monthly.txt (monthly data)
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