This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses, with all changes documented here.
Part I
Probability and Data
1
Mo
Aug 18
Probability **(Asynchronous)**
JA 2; SDG 1
We
Aug 20
Conditional probability & Independence **(Async.)**
JA 3; SDG 2.1-2.3
HW 01 assigned
2
Mo
Aug 25
Welcome to ECON2250!
We
Aug 27
Combinatorics (Counting methods)
JA 4; SDG 1.7-1.9
3
Mo
Sep 1
No Lecture: Labor Day
HW 01 due
We
Sep 3
Data and Descriptive Statistics I
JA 5,6
HW 02 assigned
4
Mo
Sep 8
Data and Descriptive Statistics II
JA 7
We
Sep 10
Lab 01: Intro to R and Exam I Review
JA 1
HW 02 due
Part II
Random Variables and Distributions
5
Mo
Sep 15
Exam 1: In-class
Lab 01 due
We
Sep 17
Lab 02: Data type
JA 5
6
Mo
Sep 22
Discrete random variables
JA 8; SDG 3.1
Lab 02 due
We
Sep 24
Lab 03: Descriptive statistics and visualization
JA 6,7
7
Mo
Sep 29
Model of discrete random variables
JA 9; SDG 5.2-5.4
Lab 03 due
We
Oct 1
Continuous random variables
JA 10; SDG 3.2
8
Mo
Oct 6
No Lecture: Fall Break
HW 03 assigned
We
Oct 8
Model of continuous random variables
JA 11; SDG 5.6, 8.2
9
Mo
Oct 13
Expectation and Moments
SDG 4.1-4.7
HW 03 due
We
Oct 15
Exam II Review
Exam 2 (Take-Home) assigned
Fri
Oct 17
Exam 2 due
Part III
Statistical Inference
10
Mo
Oct 20
Sampling distributions
JA 12,13; SDG 8
We
Oct 22
Estimation and confidence intervals
JA 14
HW04 assigned
11
Mo
Oct 27
Hypothesis testing I
JA 16; SDG 9
We
Oct 29
Hypothesis testing II
JA 16; SDG 9
HW04 due
12
Mo
Nov 3
Lab 04: Hypothesis testing
JA 16; SDG 9
We
Nov 5
Project proposal presentation
13
Mo
Nov 10
Multiple hypothesis testing: the Wald test
JA 16; SDG 9
Lab 04 due
We
Nov 12
Simple linear regression
JA 17; SDG 11.1-11.2
14
Mo
Nov 17
Lab 05: Simple linear regression
We
Nov 19
Advanced topics
JA 15,18; SDG 12.6
Lab 05 due
15
Mo
Nov 24
No lecture: Work on final project
Statistics experience due
We
Nov 26
No lecture: Thanksgiving break
16
Mo
Dec 1
Final project presentation I
Final project due
Exam period
TBD
Dec 8
Final exam (official GT exam date)