Economics 120A: Econometrics A

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Final exam pick up:

For those who signed the Buckley waiver: Blue file cabinets on second floor of Econ Bldg
For those who did not: undergrad office on presentation of ID

The distribution of grades for the final exam:

Question 1 Question 2 Midterm
Mean 30.1 38.7 69.1
Min 0 0 9
Q1 21 32 57
Median 31 39 69
Q3 39 46 83
Max 53 59 107
StdDev 12 10 17
Sample Variance 135.2 101 282.1
Kurtosis -.7 .4 0
Skewness -.2 -.5 -.2

The distribution of grades for the midterm:

Question 1 Question 2 Midterm
Mean 23.6 31.3 54.9
Min 0 4 23.5
Q1 14.5 27 44
Median 24.25 32 55
Q3 32.1 36 64.6
Max 50 46 93
StdDev 11.9 7 14.6
Sample Variance 141.1 49 213.4
Kurtosis -.68 1.13 -.47
Skewness .01 -.74 .08

Homework format: please print out all your results and graphs from Excel and include them with your written answers. Ideally, your group would create a Word document with output results, graphs and written answers.

A practice dataset was added to the "Data" section of the website.

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Final Exam Study Guide

Midterm Study Guide

Course Syllabus

Quick Statistics Using Microsoft Excel

Data

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 12/4/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 11/29/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 11/27/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 11/01/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 10/18/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 10/16/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 10/4/07.

Here is the spreadsheet created in class on 10/2/07. As a study aid, see if you can replicate this on your own.

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