计量经济学课件 1 Lecture Notes 11 January

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• Note that both the ID and the password are case-sensitive. • Problem sets are in general made available on Fridays and due to Angela the following
Friday. • In general there will be one problem set due each Friday, unless I specify otherwise. • The first problem set will be assigned on January 22nd and due on January 29th. • Tutorials start the week of January 25th. Sign-up for tutorials will be at the end of lecture
• Econometrics is the application of statistics methodology to economics problems. • Anyone who does empirical work in economics -- verification or exploration of
on Friday, January 22nd.
Administrative Matters
• The purpose of tutorials is to answer your questions on the problem set. Therefore I
strongly advise trying the problems before tutorial, so you know what questions to ask.
– Create and use do-files (batch files full of Stata comands) – Read in datHale Waihona Puke Baidu – Create and print out log files
The Nature of Econometrics and Economic Data
theories with economic data -- uses econometrics.
• Econometrics is often divided into two wide sub-fields: cross-sectional econometrics,
and time-series econometrics.
only. • You can log into the Web site through HKU portal.
Administrative Matters
• If you are not formally registered for the course yet, or have some difficulty logging in, use the ID ECON701A_Student and password peacock to log in to the Web site.
Administrative Matters
• There is a link on the course Web page to a Stata tutorial, to introduce you to the
basics of the program and how to use it. You should definitely try it out before tutorial so you can ask questions if you have any problem. For the problem sets you will have to submit a log file of your work, so be sure you can do these things:
should print them out in advance if you would like to have a copy with you for class. • The problem sets, and data for use with the problem sets, are available via the Web
• In particular, one of the questions on each problem set is a computer problem and you
will need to use the computer program Stata to do it. I have made sure that Stata is available in the Economics and Finance computer cluster on the 10th floor of the K. K. Leung Building.
University of Hong Kong
Introductory Econometrics (ECON0701), Spring 2010 11 January 2010
Administrative Matters
• The Web page for the course is available through WebCT, at http://webct.hku.hk/ • You will find lecture notes on this page and also the weekly problem sets. • The lecture notes will in general be posted the day before lecture; after today, you
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