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*ECON 399: Sections A1 and A3* *FALL 2015* Email instructor: denise.young@ualberta.ca (please send e-mail from your U of A account with ECON 399 in the subject line) Course Materials
GENERAL List of Topics covered by date Econ 399 Course Outline - *Section A1* Econ 399 Course Outline - *Section A3* U of A Undergraduate Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity Empirical Report Guidelines Writing Across the Curriculum Class Visit Slides (Oct. 27) Academic Integrity Checklist Sample Mid-term Questions(password required) Sample Final Exam(password required) LIBRARY RESOURCES Economics Lib Guide Library Tutorials Data Library (including Data Librarian appointment link) Government Info Lib Guide STUDENT RESOURCES Peer Support Centre Centre 4 Writers	LAB ASSIGNMENTS Lab Assignment Due Dates Lab Assignment #1 firstdofile.do (Sample "do" file using the "Example 1" data set) Lab1F15.dta (Stata data set for Lab Assignment #1) Lab1F15def.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #1) Lab Assignment #2 Lab Assignment #3 Lab3F15.dta (Stata data set for Lab Assignment #3) Lab3F15def.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #3) Lab Assignment #4 Lab Assignment #5 Lab Assignment #6 Lab6.txt (text file data set for Lab Assignment #6) Lab Assignment #7 Lab Assignment #8
Class "Handouts" Review of Functional Forms (Econ 299) Review of Summation and Expectation Operators (Econ 299) Fitting a Straight Line through a Scatterplot of Data Statistical Tables	CLASS ASSIGNMENTS Assignment #1 Questions Assignment #1 Answer Worksheet Assignment #1 Answer Key Asst1F15.dta(Stata data set for First Assignment) Asst1F15.xlsx(Spreadsheet version of data set) Assignment #2 Questions (reposted on Oct.9) - t-test hypotheses labelled as (a), (b), (c) in A3 - Fixed the formatting in the B2 True/False question Assignment #2 Answer Worksheet Assignment #2 Answer Key (excludes answer to B1: see class notes) Assignment #3 Questions Assignment #3 Answer Worksheet Asst3Q1.dta(Stata data set for Assignment 3)
Data Sets used for Class Examples (excel, password required) Full Time Series Commodity Price Data Set Full Cross-Section Basketball Data Set Articles Related to Class Examples Basketball 1. Greenberg, J. 2014-15 NBA Fan Cost Index®, Team Marketing Report Factbook. 2. Coates, D. and B. Humphreys (2007) Ticket Prices, Concessions and Attendance at Professional Sporting Events International Journal of Sport Finance 01/2007; 2(3):161-170. Biofuels / Agricultural Commodities 1. Atkins, E. (2015) Biofuel crops will feel effects of slumping oil prices, research shows, Globe and Mail, Jul. 01, 2015 2. OECD/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(2015), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015, OECD Publishing, Paris. Much shorter document: Executive Summary	Sample Stata Files First Stata Example: Do File (introduction to basics) First Stata Example: Log File Histogram from Example1 (converted to "jpg" format for web viewing) Scatter Plot from Example1 (converted to "jpg" format for web viewing) Example1.dta(Stata data set for First Stata Example) Example1.xlsx(Spreadsheet version of data set) Second Stata Example: Do File (t-tests, F-tests and confidence intervals) Second Stata Example: Log File Example2.dta(Data set for Second Stata Example) Third Stata Example: Do File (Dummy variables and Chow tests using commodity quarterly price data) Third Stata Example: Log File Example3.dta(Stata Data set for Third Stata Example) Example3.xlsx(Excel Version of Data set for Third Stata Example) Fourth Stata Example: Do File (Dummy Dependent Variable: OLS, Logit and Probit) Fourth Stata Example: Log File Example4.dta(Data set for Fourth Stata Example) Fifth Stata Example: Do File (RESET tests using data from Example 2) Fifth Stata Example: Log File Sixth Stata Example: Do File (test for Seasonal Effects using Example 3 data) Sixth Stata Example: Log File Seventh Stata Example: Do File (tests for heteroskedasticity, het-consistent standard errors, using Example 1 data) Seventh Stata Example: Log File Eighth Stata Example: Do File (tests for autocorrelation, "Prais" regression, auto-consistent standard errors) Eighth Stata Example: Log File Example8.dta(Data set for Eighth Stata Example) Ninth Stata Example: Do File (Dynamic models, using Example 8 data) Ninth Stata Example: Log File Tenth Stata Example: Do File (Prediction in OLS model, using Example 1 data for estimation) Tenth Stata Example: Log File newseason.dta(Data for 5 teams whose 2015-16 ticket prices we will predict) Sample do files for converting monthly data to quarterly or annual data: Monthly.txt (monthly data) Monthlytoquarterly.do Monthlytoannual.do

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