Department of Economics
ECON 2202 C Statistical Methods in Economics and Business II
2013 Winter
Instructor: Valerie Rochester
Classes: Monday and Wednesdays , 8:35 am – 9:55 am Tutorials: Wednesday, 10:05 am – 11:25 am
Office: B-840 Loeb Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 3769 (no voice mail)
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 10:15 am – 11:00 noon, or by appointment
E-mail: valerie_rochester@carleton.ca
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Economics Department Drop Box: C-876 Loeb
TA: TBA
Calendar Description
A continuation of ECON 2201. Topics include estimation and hypothesis testing with two populations, correlation, simple and multiple linear regression, analysis of variance, tests of goodness of fit and independence, and introduction to statistical computing.
Precludes additional credit for ECON 2200 (no longer offered), STAT 2509, STAT 2559, and STAT 2607.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 2201 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher, and ECON 1402 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
*A grade of C+ or higher is required to qualify for ECON 3706, ECON 4002, and ECON 4706.
Textbook: Available at the Carleton Bookstore
Groebner, D.,Shannon P., Fry, P., and Smith, K.. Business Statistics Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Course Outline
Part I: Statistical Inferences Based on Samples Topic 10: Hypothesis Testing for One and Two Population Variances Topic 11: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing for Two Population Parameters Topic 12: Analysis of Variance Topic 13: Goodness of Fit Tests and Contingency Analysis
Part II: Regression and Correlation: Relating Two or More Variables Topic 14: Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis Topic 15: Multiple Regression Analysis and Model Building
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