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Making Sense of Economic Data (ECON 226)

This section contains material to support UBC’s ECON 226 Making Sense of Economic Data. This course is an introductory course intended to give students a general introduction to probability and statistics in an econometric setting.

These modules in particular are designed to be used in 1 or 2 one-hour long lab environments, with TA or Instructor supervision
They can also be used for self-study, with some additional effort

These materials are a review of basic probability, which contains overlap with AP and IB Statistics from high school.

1.0.0 - Beginner - Introduction to Statistics

This notebook introduces you to some fundamental statistics and basic probability concepts. It is designed to cover introductory statistics material taught in Foundations of…

1.0.1 - Beginner - Introduction to Statistics using R

This notebook is an introduction to basic statistics using Jupyter and R, and some fundamental data analysis. It is a high-level review of the most important applied tools…

1.1 - Beginner - Introduction to Central Tendency

This notebook is an hands-on introduction to the concepts of Central Tendency at the beginner level using R. It is meant for undergraduates with no or very little prior…

1.3.2 - Beginner - Confidence Intervals

What does it mean to be confident in a statistical estimate? This notebook is an introduction to confidence, and confidence intervals - especially in the context of the…

1.4.2 - Beginner - Hypothesis Testing

What is a hypothesis? How do we test it? This notebook introduces hypothesis testing in two different ways, outlining the connection between them and how we can use this…