Concepts are drawn from several fields of economics including microeconomics, macroeconomics, money and banking, labor economics, and international economics. Students will participate in a stock market game, make in-class presentations and conduct internet research. ECO 305 Money and Banking. 308 Basic Statistics for Economists. Descriptive statistics, probability theory, sampling distributions, estimation theory, tests of hypotheses.
Emphasis is placed on problems encountered in economic research.
309 Intermediate Statistics for Economists. ECO 308 or its equivalent. Simple regression and correlation. Multiple regression analysis. Model building, time series analysis and related topics.