econ311 – Alexander Cardazzi

Econ 311

Analytical Tools for Economists

Course Information & Resources

Syllabus (File | Markdown)
Homework Rubric (File | Markdown | Prompt)
Starter CLAUDE.md (Markdown)
Course Data (Link)

Module 1: R Bootcamp

Module 1.1: How This Course Works (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.2: Types of Data (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.3: Downloading R (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.4: Installing Claude Code (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.5: R Objects & Data Structures (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.6: Scripts, R Projects, and Reading Data (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.7: Plotting (Notes | Markdown)
Module 1.8: Loops and Conditionals (Notes | Markdown)

Module 2: Descriptive Statistics

Module 2.1: Central Tendency (Notes | Markdown)
Module 2.2: Dispersion (Notes | Markdown)
Module 2.3: Looking at Distributions (Notes | Markdown)

Module 3: Distributions, CLT, and Inference

Module 3.1: Probability and the Normal Distribution (Notes | Markdown)
Module 3.2: Sampling, the CLT, and Confidence Intervals (Notes | Markdown)
Module 3.3: Hypothesis Testing (Notes | Markdown)

Module 4: Simple Regression

Module 4.1: Economic Models and Relationships (Notes | Markdown)
Module 4.2: Covariance and Correlation (Notes | Markdown)
Module 4.3: Conditional Means and OLS (Notes | Markdown)
Module 4.4: Inference, Fit, and OLS in R (Notes | Markdown)
Module 4.5: Logs and Interpretation (Notes | Markdown)
Module 4.6: More Regression Practice (Notes | Markdown)

Module 5: Multiple Regression and OVB

Module 5.1: Multiple Regressors (Notes | Markdown)
Module 5.2: More Controls and Model Fit (Notes | Markdown)
Module 5.3: Omitted Variables and Choosing Regressors (Notes | Markdown)

Module 6: Dummies, Interactions, Categorical Variables, and Binary Outcomes

Module 6.1: Dummy Variables (Notes | Markdown)
Module 6.2: Interactions (Notes | Markdown)
Module 6.3: Categorical Variables (Notes | Markdown)
Module 6.4: The Linear Probability Model (Notes | Markdown)

Module 7: Fixed Effects and the Limits of Regression

Module 7.1: Fixed Effects (Notes | Markdown)
Module 7.2: Measurement Error (Notes | Markdown)
Module 7.3: Working with Dates (Notes | Markdown)
Module 7.4: The Limits of Regression (Notes | Markdown)

Homework

Homework 0(Directions | Template)
Homework 1(Directions | Template)
Homework 2(Directions | Template)
Homework 3(Directions | Template)
Homework 4(Directions | Template)