14.381: Statistical Methods for Economists, Fall 2004

Office: E52-262F 

Email: mjansson@mit.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday, 10:30---12:00.

 

Teaching Assistant:  José Tessada

Office: E52-204 

Email: tessada@mit.edu

Office Hours: Thursday, 4:00---6:00pm, room E52-232

Course Syllabus for Fall 2004

Midterm Solutions (pdf)

Problem Sets
Problem Set 0 (pdf)
Problem Set 1 (pdf)
Problem Set 2 (pdf)
Problem Set 3 (pdf)

Problem Set 4 (pdf)

Problem Set 5 (pdf)

Problem Set 6 (pdf)

Problem Set 7 (pdf) (hint)

Problem Set 8 (pdf)

Problem Set 9 (pdf)

Problem Set 10 (pdf)

 

Problem Set Solutions

Problem Set 0 (pdf)

Problem Set 1 (pdf)

Problem Set 2 (pdf)

Problem Set 3 (pdf)

Problem Set 4 (pdf)

Problem Set 5 (pdf)

Problem Set 6 (pdf) (question 2 part c)

Problem Set 7 (pdf)

Problem Set 8 (pdf)

Problem Set 9 (pdf)

Problem Set 10 (pdf)

 

Section Notes

(comments are welcome)

Handout 1 (pdf)

Handout 2 (pdf)

Handout 3 (pdf)

Handout 4 (pdf)

Handout 5 (pdf)

Handout 6 (pdf)

Handout 7 (pdf)

Handout 8 (pdf)

Handout 9 (pdf)

Handout 10 (pdf)

 

Handout on Estimation (pdf) pages 6 and 7 were covered in recitation (11/05)

Practice Exercises Midterm (pdf)

Handout on Matrix Algebra (pdf)

Written by Guido Kuersteiner.

Nathan Barczi (from 14.102) pointed out that "there's a mistake in the proof that eigenvectors associated with distinct eigenvalues are linearly independent (p. 11).  The proof works for symmetric matrices, but not for general ones (plus there are counterexamples for nonsymmetric matrices)." So, if you are interested in finding a more general explanation, please read his handout for 14.102.

 

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