Economics 102: Analysis of Economics Data Fall 2005

Economics 102 is intended to be of similar difficulty to Economics 100 and 101, and should be taken at a similar time, i.e. sophomore/early junior.
Economics 102 is offered every quarter and is required for the Economics major (beginning Fall 2004).  
[The department also offers a more advanced regression course - Economics 140 (Econometrics) - see bottom of this page.]

Syllabus:  For Complete Syllabus click here

Assignments: For course assignments click here

Data Sets used in course: For data sets used in the course click here

Supplemental Handouts:  For past exams and other exercises click here

Excel:  For reasonably extensive handouts on use of Excel click here

Data Sources:  For data sources on the web click here

Further Courses to Take: For advice on courses to take after 102 click here

Course Goals:
(1) Locate economics data and provide meaningful economic analysis of this data.
(2) Use a standard spreadsheet (Excel) to produce charts, scatter plots, descriptive statistics and simple linear regression.
(3) Provide a bridge between introductory statistics and more advanced data analysis courses, e.g. between Statistics 13 and Economics 140.

Pre-requisites:
Economics 1A-B, Statistics 13 or 32 and Math 16A-B or consent of instructor.
The essential pre-requisites are exposure to introductory lower-division courses in economics and statistics.
Not intended to be taken if Economics 140 has already been taken.

Relationship between Economics 102 and 140 and looking beyond 140:
Economics 140 is an advanced course that builds upon the statistical methods presented in Economics 102.
It is required that you take an upper division statistics class or Economics 102 before 140.
Note that, while you will receive full credit if you take 102 and then 140, you will only get 2 units of credit if you decide to take 102 after 140. This is because these courses complement each other very well and there is no sense in taking 102 after 140.

If you have already taken Economics 140 and wish to further your skills, possible courses include
Statistics 108 and Statistics 137 for data analysis and Statistics 130A-B or 131A-C for statistical theory.
 

A. Colin Cameron / UC-Davis Economics / http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/cameron