An introduction to econometric description and inference which covers: descriptive statistics for cross-section and time-series samples, probability; probability distributions and random variables; estimators and sampling distributions; confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses; simple linear regression. Antirequisite(s): Biology 2244A/B, Economics 2222A/B, Geography 2210A/B, Health Sciences 3801A/B, MOS 2242A/B, Psychology 2810, 2820E, 2830A/B, 2850A/B, 2851A/B, the former 2885, Social Work 2207A/B, the former 2205, Sociology 2205A/B, Statistical Sciences 2035, 2037A/B if taken before Fall 2010, Statistical Sciences 2141A/B, 2143A/B, 2244A/B, 2858A/B and the former 2122A/B. Students wishing to enroll in higher-level courses in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences are encouraged to consult that department. Prerequisite(s): Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B, or Economics 1020, and one of MCV4U, Mathematics 0110A/B or Calculus 1100A/B. Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. back to top
