Course Syllabus

Three sections with Prof. Murdock:
L0201: Wed 11-1, SS 2117; L0301: Wed 2-4, MP 102; L0401: Tues 2-4, SS 2118
All three have Fridays 9-11 reserved for tests and tutorials

Syllabus (click for original, Sept 2019)
and Updates, Approved March 22

Data Analysis Course Module (DACM) on Quercus

Schedule: slides, readings, HW, tutorials, tests and
Lecture Recordings

Virtual Office Hours with TAs and Professor Murdock

Piazza (signup link)

Aid sheets (for entire course)

Old tests/exams (and Old tests/exams (Chass))

Readings (under Pages)

What to expect for Quercus quizzes (under Pages)

The Economics Study Centre

 

Fall 2019 Schedule:

Day, Date Event RR (required readings): complete BEFORE class
HW (homework): complete soon AFTER class
Fri, Sept 6

TA Tutorial
(Link to announcement)

Introduction to tutorials and prerequisite review
RR: Quiz and Prerequisite Review for ECO220Y1Y: 2019/20
LEC0201: SS 2117, 10:10 - 11am, TA William 
LEC0301: MP 102, 10:10 - 11am, TA Aly
LEC0401: SS 2118, 10:10 - 11am, TA Galen
Tues/Wed, Sept 10/11 Lecture 1 Course overview, sampling, data & describing categorical data
RR: Chapters 1 – 4; HW: HW 1 (Solutions)
Fri, Sept 13 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Sept 16 Quercus Quiz 1 due Week 1 material (Lecture 1 and HW 1) & Quiz and Prerequisite Review
See the What to expect for Quercus quizzes page.
Tues/Wed, Sept 17/18 Lecture 2 Histograms, central tendency & variability
RR: Sections 5.1 – 5.6; HW: HW 2 (Solutions)
Fri, Sept 20 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Sept 23 Quercus Quiz 2 due Week 2 material & Quiz and Prerequisite Review
Tues/Wed, Sept 24/25 Lecture 3 Percentiles, STATA, box plots, standardizing & other transformations
RR: Sections 5.7 – 5.14; HW: HW 3 (Solutions)
Fri, Sept 27 TA Aid Centre  9:10 - 11am: MP 102
See announcement on our DACM Quercus site
Fri, Sept 27 DACM Module A Quiz Due (Opens on Tues, Sept 24) For details, see our DACM Quercus site
Mon, Sept 30 Quercus Quiz 3 due Week 3 material
Tues/Wed, Oct 1/2 Lecture 4 Describing associations, covariance, correlation & causality
RR: Chapter 6 & SW11 (see Readings page); HW: HW 4 (Solutions)
Fri, Oct 4 TA Tutorial
(Link to announcement)
Review of Week 4 material in preparation for Test #1
LEC0201: SS 2117, 10:10 - 11am, TA William 
LEC0301: MP 102, 10:10 - 11am, TA Aly
LEC0401: SS 2118, 10:10 - 11am, TA Galen
Mon, Oct 7 Quercus Quiz 4 due Week 4 material
Tues/Wed, Oct 8/9 Lecture 5 Simple regression: OLS, interpretation, ANOVA & R-squared
RR: Sections 7.1 – 7.7, 19.4; HW: HW 5 (Solutions)
Fri, Oct 11 TEST #1
(Link to announcement)
9:10 - 11am (arrive in your assigned test room by 9:00am)
Expected focus is Weeks 1 - 4 (including DACM and the Quiz and Prerequisite Review)
Mon, Oct 14 THANKSGIVING (No Quercus Quiz due: a break)
Tues/Wed, Oct 15/16 Lecture 6 Logarithms in regression analysis with Asiaphoria & Dummy Variables
RR: Logarithms in Regression Analysis with Asiaphoria, Section 7.8; HW: HW 6 (Solutions)
Fri, Oct 18 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Oct 21 Quercus Quiz 5/6 due Weeks 5-6 material
Tues/Wed, Oct 22/23

Lecture 7

Randomness & probability
RR: Chapter 8 & Toronto segregation: See Readings page; HW: HW 7 (Solutions)
Fri, Oct 25 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Oct 28 Quercus Quiz 7 due Week 7 material
Tues/Wed, Oct 29/30 Lecture 8 Random variables & discrete distributions
RR: Sections 9.1 – 9.4, 9.6 (9.5 optional); HW: HW 8 (Solutions)
Fri, Nov 1 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Nov 4 – Fri, Nov 8 READING WEEK No classes and no tutorials, but office hours continue as usual
Mon, Nov 11 -- (No Quercus Quiz due: a break)
Tues, Nov 12 DACM Module B Quiz Due (Opens on Fri, Nov 1) For details, see our DACM Quercus site
Tues/Wed, Nov 12/13 Lecture 9 Continuous distributions
RR: Sections 9.8 – 9.11,  Normal Table: Read It, Use It, (Optional: 9.7, 9.12, “Normal Probability Plots” pp. 280-2); HW: HW 9 (Solutions)
Fri, Nov 15 TEST #2
(Link to announcement)
9:10 - 11:00am (arrive in your assigned test room by 9:00am)
Expected focus is Weeks 1 - 8 (including Modules A and B in DACM, the Quiz and Prerequisite Review, and Logarithms in Regression Analysis with Asiaphoria).
Mon, Nov 18 Quercus Quiz 8/9 due Weeks 8-9 material
Tues/Wed, Nov 19/20 Lecture 10 Sampling distributions & sampling distribution of P-hat
RR: Sections 10.1 – 10.2; HW: HW 10 (Solutions)
Fri, Nov 22 TA tutorial
(Link to announcement)
Fully-labelled graphs, Normal approximation to Binomial & sampling distribution of P-hat
LEC0201: SS 2117, 10:10 - 11am, TA William 
LEC0301: MP 102, 10:10 - 11am, TA Aly
LEC0401: SS 2118, 10:10 - 11am, TA Galen
Mon, Nov 25 Quercus Quiz 10 due Week 10 material
Tues/Wed, Nov 26/27 Lecture 11 Sampling distribution of X-bar & simulation methods
RR: Sections 10.3 – 10.5; HW: HW 11 (Solutions)
Fri, Nov 29 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Dec 2 Quercus Quiz 11 due Week 11 material
Note: The next quiz (Quercus Quiz 12) opens on Friday, December 6 and is due Monday, January 6
Tues/Wed, Dec 3/4 Lecture 12 Confidence interval estimation: single proportion & differences between proportions
RR: Chapter 11 & NYT article on ADHD; HW: HW 12 (Solutions)
Fri, Dec 6 – Fri, Jan 3 BREAK No classes, no tutorials, and no office hours
Note: Quercus Quiz 12 opens on Friday, December 6 and is due Monday, January 6

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Winter 2020 Schedule:

Day, Date Event RR (required readings): complete BEFORE class
HW (homework): complete soon AFTER class
Mon, Jan 6 Quercus Quiz 12 due Week 12 material
Note: Opens on Friday, December 6 at noon
Tues/Wed, Jan 7/8 Lecture 13 Hypothesis testing using a P-value approach
RR: Sections 12.1 – 12.3; HW: HW 13 (Solutions)
Fri, Jan 10 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Jan 13 Quercus Quiz 13 due Week 13 material
Tues/Wed, Jan 14/15 Lecture 14 Alpha, statistical vs. economic (business) significance, economic (business) significance, rejection region (critical value) approach & comparing proportions
RR: Sections 12.4 – 12.8; HW: HW 14 (Solutions)
Fri, Jan 17 TEST #3
(Link to announcement)
9:10 – 11:00am (arrive in your assigned test room by 9:00am)
Expected focus is Weeks 7 - 13 (including Modules C.1 and C.2 in DACM and  Normal Table: Read it, Use it).
Mon, Jan 20 Quercus Quiz 14 due Week 14 material
Tues/Wed, Jan 21/22 Lecture 15 Type I errors, Type II errors & power
RR: Sections 12.9 – 12.10; HW: HW 15 (Solutions)
See "Adaptive Partial Drug Approval: A Health Policy Proposal" on Readings page
Fri, Jan 24 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Jan 27 -- (No Quercus Quiz due: a break)
Tues/Wed, Jan 28/29 Lecture 16 Inference about mu: estimation & hypothesis testing [The Student t table]
RR: Chapter 13; HW: HW 16 (Solutions)
Wed, Jan 29 DACM Module C Quiz Due (Opens on Fri, Jan 24) For details, see our DACM Quercus site
Fri, Jan 31 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Feb 3 Quercus Quiz 15/16 due Weeks 15-16 material
Tues/Wed, Feb 4/5 Lecture 17 Inference about the difference between means
RR: Chapter 14; HW: HW 17 (Solutions)
File referenced in HW 17: credit_spending.xlsx
Fri, Feb 7 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Feb 10 Quercus Quiz 17 due Week 17 material
Tues/Wed, Feb 11/12 Lecture 18 Simple regression model (assumptions)
RR: Sections 18.1 – 18.2, Logarithms in Regression Analysis with Asiaphoria, 19.6 – 19.8 (Optional: Discussion of “Normal probability plot” pp. 607-8); HW: HW 18 (Solutions)
File referenced in Lecture 18: ch18_MCSP_Frozen_Pizza.csv
Fri, Feb 14 DACM TA tutorial For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Feb 17 – Fri, Feb 21 READING WEEK No classes and no tutorials, but office hours continue. See TA's Office Hours during Reading Week and Prof. Murdock's Office Hours, Reading Week.
Mon, Feb 24 -- (No Quercus Quiz due: a break)
Tues/Wed, Feb 25/26 Lecture 19 Statistical inference with regression
RR: Sections 18.3 – 18.6, 19.2; HW: HW 19 (Solutions)
Fri, Feb 28 No activity from 9:10-11am There is nothing scheduled from 9:10 - 11am. However, see the DACM Quercus site for announcements about TA Aid Centres for the DACM Module D Quiz and this site for announcements about TA Aid Centres for Test #4. 
Fri, Feb 28 DACM Module D Quiz Due (Opens on Tues, Feb 25) For details, see our DACM Quercus site
Mon, Mar 2 Quercus Quiz 18/19 due Weeks 18-19 material
Tues/Wed, Mar 3/4 Lecture 20 Multiple regression: model & interpretation
RR: Sections 20.1 – 20.3; HW: HW 20 (Solutions)
Fri, Mar 6

TEST #4
(link to announcement)

9:10 - 11:00am (arrive in your assigned test room by 9:00am)
Expected focus is Weeks 4 - 6, and 12 - 19  (including Modules C and D in DACM, Normal Table: Read it, Use it, and Logarithms in Regression Analysis with Asiaphoria).
Mon, Mar 9 Quercus Quiz 20 due Week 20 material
Tues/Wed, Mar 10/11 Lecture 21 Interpretation (again), overall statistical significance & fit of a multiple regression model [The F table]
RR: Sections 20.4 – 20.6; HW: HW 21 (Solutions)
Fri, Mar 13 DACM TA tutorial: Recording  of Module E.1 TBA For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Mar 16 Quercus Quiz 21 due Week 21 material
Tues/Wed, Mar 17/18 Lecture 22 (Slides)
and
Lecture Recordings
Dummy variables & interaction terms
RR: Sections 19.3, 21.1 – 21.3, “Waterloo 2016 Salary Disparities” (Optional: “Standardized Residuals,” “Influence Measures” pp. 737-9); HW: HW 22 (Solutions)
Fri, Mar 20 DACM TA tutorial: Recording  of Module E.2 TBA For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Mar 23 Quercus Quiz 22 due Week 22 material; Note: This is the last Quercus Quiz
Tues/Wed, Mar 24/25 Lecture 23 (Slides)
and
Lecture Recordings
Quadratic Terms, Connecting (mu1-mu2) to Regression, and an Economics Paper Illustrating Regression in Action
RR:Quadratic terms”; HW: HW 23 (Solutions)
Fri, Mar 27 DACM TA tutorial: Recording  of Module E.3 TBA For details, see DACM (Quercus site)
Mon, Mar 30 -- (No Quercus Quiz due: a break)
Tues/Wed, Mar 31/Apr 1 Lecture 24 (Slides)
and
Lecture Recordings
More Regression Applications
(No RR or HW)
Wed, Apr 1 DACM Module E Quiz Due (Opens on Fri, Mar 27) For details, see our DACM Quercus site
Fri, Apr 3 TEST #5 (OPEN MAKE-UP): CANCELLED: see DACM on Quercus Expected focus is Weeks 4 - 6 and 17 - 24 (including Modules D and E in DACM and Logarithms in Regression Analysis with Asiaphoria) with a detailed announcement TBA.
Fri, Apr 17 FINAL EXAM: 
RESTRUCTURED: see Online Final Assessment on DACM on Quercus
Date, time and location has been set by A&S : Friday, April 17, 2020, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The final exam is cumulative and covers Weeks 1 - 24,  DACM, Quiz and Prerequisite Review, Logarithms in Regression Analysis with Asiaphoria, and Normal Table: Read it, Use it. Remember our course Aid Sheets.

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Help from our TAs:

Event(s) Starting date and links for details
Weekly Tutorials See the Fall 2019 Schedule and Winter 2020 Schedule for schedule. For the DACM Tutorials, see the DACM Handbook on Quercus for details. Note that the DACM TA team will share recorded versions of the Module E.1, E.2, and E.3 tutorials on the DACM Quercus site.
Weekly TA Office Hours  From March 16th onward: Virtual Office Hours with TAs and Professor Murdock 
From September 16th through March 13th:
  Mondays 3-4pm in GE 40 with TA Saarah and Wednesdays 1-2pm in GE 40 with TA William. GE 40 is in the basement level of the Economics Department at 150 St George Street. Entering the main entrance (on St George), go down the historic wooden staircase and room GE 40 is nearby: around the corner to the left from the base of the stairs.
TA Aid Centres See the Fall 2019 Schedule and Winter 2020 Schedule for those scheduled during regular Friday morning time slot. Additional TA Aid Centers before each term test and the final exam will be announced. Also, Virtual Office Hours with TAs and Professor Murdock
Our Head TA, who manages the Quercus Quizzes and remark requests for term tests is Aly Somani (aly.somani@mail.utoronto.ca).

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Old Tests/Exams:

Academic Year Term Tests Final Examination
2019/20 Test #1: Oct 2019 (Solutions)
Test #2: Nov 2019 (Solutions)
Test #3: Jan 2020 (Solutions)
Test #4: Mar 2020 (Solutions)
Summer 2019 DACM questions from term tests and final exam (Solutions)
2018/19 Test #1: Oct 2018 (Solutions)
Test #2: Nov 2018 (Solutions)
Test #3: Jan 2019 (Solutions)
Test #4: Mar 2019 (Solutions)
Test #5: Apr 2019 (Solutions)
Exam April 2019 (Solutions)
2017/18 Test #1: Oct 2017 (Solutions)
Test #2: Nov 2017 (Solutions)
Test #3: Jan 2018 (Solutions)
Test #4: Mar 2018 (Solutions)
Test #5: Apr 2018 (Solutions)
Exam April 2018 (Solutions)
2016/17 Test #1: Nov 2016 (Solutions)
Test #2: Jan 2017 (Solutions)
Test #3: Feb 2017 (Solutions)
Test #4: Mar 2017 (Solutions)
Exam April 2017 (Solutions)
2015/16 Test #1: Oct 2015 (Solutions)
Test #2: Dec 2015 (Solutions)
Test #3: Feb 2016 (Solutions)
Test #4: Mar 2016 (Solutions)
Test #5: Apr 2016 (Solutions)
Exam April 2016 (Solutions)
Summer 2015 Test #1: June 5, 2015 (Solutions)
Test #2: June 26, 2015 (Solutions)
(I taught only first half of the course and did not coordinate the final exam)
2014/15 Test #1 “One Question”: Oct 2014 (Rubric)
Test #2 “MCQ”: Nov 2014 (Solutions)
Test #3 “Midterm”: Jan 2015 (Solutions)
Test #4 “One Question”: Feb 2015 (Rubric)
Test #5 “MCQ”: Mar 2015 (Solutions)
Exam April 2015 (Solutions)
2013/14 Term Test #1: Nov 2013 (Solutions)
One Question Test #1: Nov 2013 (Rubric)
Term Test #2: Jan 2014 (Solutions)
One Question Test #2: Feb 2014 (Rubric)
Term Test #3: Apr 2014 (Solutions)
Exam April 2014 (Solutions)
Summer 2013 Term Test #1: Jun. 2013 (Solutions)
Midterm Test: Jun. 2013 (Solutions)
(I taught only first half of the course and did not coordinate the final exam)
Winter 2013 Term Test #3: Feb 2013 (Solutions)
Term Test #4: Apr 2013 (Solutions)
Exam April 2013 (Solutions)

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Course Summary:

Date Details Due