EC225: Research Methods and Statistics for Economics

by Benjamin Scharadin

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. EC225 Textbook based on Mostly Harmless Statistics
  7. 1: Introduction to Data
  8. 1.1: Introduction
  9. 1.2: Samples vs. Populations
  10. 1.3: Collecting Data and Sampling Techniques
  11. 1.4: Chapter 1 Exercises
  12. 2: Organizing Data
  13. 2.1: Introduction
  14. 2.2: Tabular Displays
  15. 2.3: Graphical Displays
  16. 2.4: Chapter 2 Exercises
  17. 3: Descriptive Statistics
  18. 3.1: Measures of Center
  19. 3.2: Measures of Spread
  20. 3.3: Measures of Association between Two Variables
  21. 3.4: Measures of Placement
  22. 3.5: Chapter 3 Formulas
  23. 3.6: Chapter 3 Exercises
  24. 4: Probability
  25. 4.1: Introduction
  26. 4.2: Three Types of Probability
  27. 4.3: Complement Rule
  28. 4.4: Union and Intersection
  29. 4.5: Independent Events
  30. 4.6: Conditional Probability
  31. 4.7: Counting Rules
  32. 4.8: Chapter 4 Formulas
  33. 4.9: Chapter 4 Exercises
  34. 5: Discrete Probability Distributions
  35. 5.1: Introduction
  36. 5.2: Discrete Probability Distributions
  37. 5.3: Discrete Uniform Distribution
  38. 5.4: Binomial Distribution
  39. 5.5: Geometric Distributions
  40. 5.6: Poisson Distribution
  41. 5.7: Chapter 5 Exercises
  42. 5.8: Chapter 5 Formulas
  43. 6: Continuous Probability Distributions
  44. 6.1: Introductions
  45. 6.2: Uniform Distribution
  46. 6.3: Normal Distribution
  47. 6.4: Sampling Distrbutions and the Central Limit Theorem
  48. 6.5: Chapter 6 Exercises
  49. 6.6: Chapter 6 Formulas
  50. 7: Confidence Intervals for One Population
  51. 7.1: Introduction
  52. 7.2: Confidence Interval for Mean with Known σ
  53. 7.3: Interpreting a Confidence Interval
  54. 7.4: Confidence Interval with Unknown σ
  55. 7.5: Confidence Interval for a Proportion
  56. 7.6: Sample Size for a Mean
  57. 7.7: Sample Size Calculation for a Proportion
  58. 7.8: Chapter 7 Exercises
  59. 7.9: Chapter 7 Formulas
  60. 8: Hypothesis Tests for One Population
  61. 8.1: Introduction
  62. 8.2: Type I and II Errors
  63. 8.3: Hypothesis Test for One Mean
  64. 8.4: Hypothesis Test for One Proportion
  65. 8.5: Chapter 8 Exercises
  66. 8.6: Chapter 8 Formulas
  67. 9: Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals for Two Populations
  68. 9.1: Two Sample Mean T-Test for Dependent Groups
  69. 9.2: Two Independent Groups
  70. 9.3: Two Proportion Z-Test and Confidence Interval
  71. 9.4: Two Variance or Standard Deviation F-Test
  72. 9.5: Chapter 9 Exercises
  73. 9.6: Chapter 9 Formulas
  74. 10: Single and Multiple Regression
  75. 10.1: Simple Linear Regression
  76. 10.1.1: Hypothesis Test for Linear Regression
  77. 10.1.2: Residuals
  78. 10.1.3: Coefficient of Determination or R-squared
  79. 10.1.4: Prediction
  80. 10.1.5: Outliers
  81. 10.1.6: Conclusion - Simple Linear Regression
  82. 10.2: Multiple Linear Regression
  83. 10.3: Chapter 10 Formulas
  84. 10.4: Chapter 10 Exercises
  85. Additional Chapters (not covered in EC225)
  86. 11: Chi-Square Tests (not covered in EC225)
  87. 11.1: Chi-Square Distribution
  88. 11.2: Goodness of Fit Test
  89. 11.3: Test for Independence
  90. 11.4: Chapter 11 Formulas
  91. 11.5: Chapter 11 Exercises
  92. 12: Analysis of Variance (not covered in EC225)
  93. 12.1: One-Way ANOVA
  94. 12.2: Pairwise Comparisons of Means (Post-Hoc Tests)
  95. 12.3: Two-Way ANOVA (Factorial Design)
  96. 12.4: Chapter 12 Formulas
  97. 12.5: Chapter 12 Exercises
  98. 13: Nonparametric Tests (not covered in EC225)
  99. 13.1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Nonparametric Methods
  100. 13.2: Sign Test
  101. 13.3: Ranking Data
  102. 13.4: Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
  103. 13.5: Mann-Whitney U Test
  104. 13.6: Chapter 13 Formulas
  105. 13.7: Chapter 13 Exercises
  106. Back Matter
  107. Data Sources and References
  108. Greek Letter Pronunciations
  109. Mostly Harmless Statistics Formula Packet
  110. Symbols
  111. Index
  112. Glossary
  113. Detailed Licensing
  114. Detailed Licensing