Тематический план
Topic 1: Introduction to Econometric Methods
1. Review of your knowledge from the Statistics course.
2. Introduction to the subject.Topic 2: Linear Regression with One Regressor
- The simple linear model;
 - Least Squares regression with one explanatory variable;
 - Derivation of the regression coefficients;
 - Interpretation of a regression equation;
 - Goodness of fit: R2.
 
Lab class by using STATA or Excel for Linear regression with one Regressor
1. Open STATA ;
2. Download Data file;
3. Open files with exercises and start with exercise 1.4.
4.. Download available do files as an example.
Topic 3: Properties of the regression Coefficients and Hypothesis test and confidence intervals
- Assumptions for regression models with not-stochastic regressors.
 - The random components and unbiasedness of the OLS regression coefficients .
 - Precision of the regression coefficients.
 - Testing hypotheses relating to the regression coefficients.
 - The F test of goodness of fit.
 
Lab class in STATA for Chapter #2 or Topic #3
1. Open the study guide for Chapter #2 and additional exercises for chapter #2.
2. Solve the following exercises A2.3; A2.4;A2.5; A2.6.
3. Solve the exercises 2.2; 2.14; 2.19: 2.26; 2.29 from additional exercises.
Topic 4: Multiple regression analysis
- Derivation and interpretation of the multiple regression coefficients;
 - Properties of the multiple regression coefficients;
 - Multicollinearity;
 - Godness of fit: R2;
 - Prediction.
 
Lab class in STATA for Topic 4 or Chapter#3
- Open the Study guide for chapter #3;
 - Solve the exercises A3.1, A3.2, A3.3;
 - Open additional exercise and solve the following 3.7;3.8; 3.10 and 3.14.
 
Topic 5: Nonlinear Models and Transformations
- Linearity and non-linearity;
 - Logarithmic transformations;
 - Models with quadratic and interactive variables;
 - Non-linear regression.
 
Lab class in STATA for Topic 5 or chapter #4
- Open study Guide for Chapter #4;
 - Solve the following exercises: A4.4 and A4.8;
 - Open additional exercises_Chapter #4 ;
 - Solve the following exercises:4.1-1.3:
 
Topic 6: Dummy Variables
- Illustration of the use of a dummy variable;
 - Extension to more than two categories and to multiple sets of dummy variables;
 - Slope dummy variables;
 - The Chow test
 
Lab Class in STATA for Topic 6 or chapter #5
- Open additional exercises for chapter #5;
 - Solve the following exercises: 5.1;5.3; 5.6;5.11;5.15.5.19.
 
Topic 7: Heteroscedasticity
- Heteroscedasticity and its implications;
 - Detection of heteroscedasticity;
 - Remedies for heteroscedasticity;
 
Lab class in STATA for Topic 7 or Chapter #7
- Open additional exercises;
 - Solve the following exercises: 7.1,7.2,7.7.
 
Topic 8: Autocorrelation and testing Normality assumptions
- The problem of autocorrelation;
 - Testing autocorrelation: Durbin-Watson and Breush-Godfrey tests;
 - Remedies for autocorrelation.
 - Testing the Normality assumption.