Temple University Department of Economics

Date	Topic from Greene	Notes	Practice Problems	Hwk for 2006
8/30	Linear Algebra Appendix A	Matrix Algebra Problems in Mathview Problems in MathCAD	This semester we will be doing problems from Greene's text after the first few weeks. The homework links shown below are for your information only.
9/6	Probability and Inference Appendix B & C	Descriptive Statistics and Probability Random Variables and Distributions Relations Among Distributions Sampling Distributions and Estimation Conditional Quantiles Linear algebra and probability Hypothesis Testing, Small Sample and Large Sample See this great online virtual laboratory probability and statistics site.	Proposed paper topic. Algebra Answer Key What I had in mind. New Hwk:	Hwk 1: Algebra Key
9/13	Probability and Inference Appendix B & C		Probability and RV's: Part I Answer Key
9/20	Asymptotic Theory Appendix D	Asymptotic Theory Big Oh - Little Oh	Probability and RV's: Part II Answer Key	The following items are due today: 1. Abstract 2. Annotated Bibliography 3. Hwk 2: Probability Key for 2 and Hwk 3: Sampling Key for 3
9/27	Classical Linear Regression Chapter 2 - 3	Multiple Regression	Inference Key	Hwk 4: Estimators Key
10/4	Properties of the LS Estimator Chapter 4	Miller L1, L2, L3 Multiple Regression: Gauss-Markov and GLS		Hwk 5: Hypothesis Testing
10/11	Mid-term Exam: Get a copy of the exam here. Key			Greene, 5th edition, Pps. 39 - 40: Problems 2, 3, 5, and 12.
10/18	Review Exam Large Sample Properties, Chap 5		Multiple Regression
10/25	Inference and Prediction, Chap 6 Maximum Likelihood Chap 17	Hypothesis Testing:t-tests, F-tests, large sample tests Miller L9, L16, L17 LR, Wald and LM from the American Statistician	Outline, click here for an excellent example of an outline.
11/1	Functional Form and Structural Change, Chap 7 Specification Analysis and Model Selection, Chap 8	Specification Problems Functional Form Splines	Hypothesis Testing: Bread and Meat. Get the data Get the Key
11/8	Violations of Assumptions Chapters 10 - 12	Heteroscedasticity Autocorrelation Misspecification, Missing Data, Multicollinearity MillerL8	Hypothesis Testing Answer Key part 1 and part 2
11/15	Violations of Assumptions		Heteroscedasticity Key
11/22	Thanksgiving Break, no class.
11/29	Estimation Frameworks, Chap 16 Method of Moments, Chapter 18 Meth of Moments, MathCAD	Wooldridge, Journal of Economic Perspectives	Autocorrelation Answer Key
12/6	Finishing Up and Review		Method of Moments Hwk Paper is due TODAY, no exceptions! Click here for a grading rubric.
12/14	Final Exam in our usual location and time. Answer Key