Overview
Welcome to ECON 480 — Econometrics! Today’s lesson will be an overview of the content and the assignments of the course. Please read and familiarize yourself with the syllabus.
This is not just a “syllabus day,” as we need to hit the ground running, beginning with learning the software we will be using this semester. Starting next class, we will do a deep dive in to R for about 2 weeks. In preparation, please do the following before next class:
Go to RStudio.cloud and register a (free) account with your Hood details.
Try to install R and R Studio on your computer if you are able, before next class. You will still always have RStudio.cloud available all to use in your browser, but it is much better to have a real version of
RandR Studioon your own machine to work with all semester.
Readings
Today is introductory, but please heed this timeless message:
A message to students from the Doggfather himself, @SnoopDogg pic.twitter.com/wsSANYv8u6
— Ryan Briggs (@ryancbriggs) August 12, 2020
Please note going forward, the lesson numbers and topics (e.g. 1.1) on this website are my design, and will not match up with the textbook!
Slides
Below, you can find the slides in two formats. Clicking the image will bring you to the html version of the slides in a new tab. Note while in going through the slides, you can type h to see a special list of viewing options, and type o for an outline view of all the slides.
The lower button will allow you to download a PDF version of the slides. I suggest printing the slides beforehand and using them to take additional notes in class (not everything is in the slides)!
Assignments
Preliminary Statistics Survey Due Sunday August 29
Please take the preliminary survey on your statistics and software background by 11:59 PM Sunday. This will help us all have a productive semester together.