APLIAEconomic Statistics II
Sections AL1, BL1
Fall 2013
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Professor Joseph A. Petry
116 David Kinley Hall
333-4260
jpetry@illinois.edu
Wed 10:15 – 11:15
M/W 3:00 – 3:50 (AL1); M/W 4:00 – 4:50 (BL1)
AL1, BL1
141 Wohlers Hall
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Head TA
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Thursday / Friday
901 W. Oregon, Room 101
See Compass for schedule
Yashar Heydari
Meenakshi Ghosh
heydari1@illinois.edu mghosh2@illinois.edu Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Saeed Sarhangian
hashimo2@illinois.edu sarhang1@illinois.edu Course Website: https://compass2g.illinois.edu Homework Platform: http://www.cengagebrain.com/micro/CustomECON203StatII Course Key:
NN5U-PRBP-ST48
Required Texts / Materials:
Aplia Homework system. (available online)
Petry, Economics 203 Course Packet. Fall 2013.
Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel,
4e. South-Western/Cengage. An e-text version of this text comes automatically with the
Aplia homework system. When you purchase Aplia, you will have an e-version of the
ASW text. You may also purchase a hard copy from the site if you would like—optional.
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Required Materials: Basic financial or statistical calculator. You should ALWAYS bring your calculator to class! We have found that the Texas Instruments BAII Plus is useful, and is often used in other classes. We will provide basic instructions in the use of this calculator in class (and only this calculator). To insure fairness for all students, calculators with functionality beyond the BAII Plus, will NOT be permitted for use on exams. Graphing calculators therefore will NOT be permitted during exams.
Course Objective: Statistics is the means by which we extract information from data.
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