Economics 452 - Econometrics
Spring
2020
02
3.00
Noe Martin Wiener
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
42011
Lederle Grad Res Ctr rm A210
nwiener@umass.edu
This course provides an introduction to Econometrics. Econometrics applies economic theory and the tools of descriptive and inferential statistics to economic data to answer a wide variety of interesting questions. Econometrics theory and tools can be used to: describe the characteristics of a population; create hypotheses and test the predictions of a theoretical model; and estimate the statistical relationship between two variables. This course will introduce you to the theoretical foundations and empirical applications of multiple regression analysis. Because a key concern of modern econometric practice is the estimation of causal relationships between variables, the course will place special emphasis on threats to the validity of causal inferences. The course will also introduce you to STATA, a powerful and widely used statistical software package.
PreReq: for ECON 452 Open only to Econ/STPEC/ResEc/MgrEcon primary majors until after juniors enroll, then open to all November 12.
https://spire.umass.edu
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.