Probability and Statistics for Economists

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, with grades of C or better. Not open to students with credit for former Statistics 11. Introduction to theory and practice of mathematical statistics with emphasis on its use in economics. Introduction of basic statistical concepts such as random variables, probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
8.3 / 10
Organization
8.3 / 10
Time
5-10 hrs/week
Overall
8.3 / 10

Enrollment Progress

Jul 15, 4 PM PDT
LEC 1: 223/301 seats taken (Open)
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Section List

  • LEC 1

    Open (29 seats)

    MW 2pm-3:15pm

    Rolfe Hall 1200

    Review

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Professor Sheng was very patient and clear with her lectures. Especially her typed notes were very clear, with good examples. I could understand the material by just reading the notes. The material was also very useful, such as probability, different type of distributions, and random variables, which are all very important in statistics. This class definitely helped me prepare well for the upper div econ classes that require stats knowledge.

Course

Instructor
Shuyang Sheng
Previously taught
23F 22W

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 1 midterm

  • Finals week final

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