Pre-sessional Mathematics and Statistics Course 25 Sep 2007
Outline The correlation coefficient Higher moments of probability distributions The normal distribution Other important probability distributions 1. Chi-square; 2. t-distribution; 3. F distribution. Statistical Inference 1. Point estimation 2. Interval estimation Small sample properties of estimators
Section 1. Review of Previous Sessions
Section 2. Correlation Coefficient, and Higher Moments of Probability Distributions
Section 3. Some Important Theoretical Probability Distributions
Section 4. Statistical Inference
Section 5. Small-Sample Properties of Estimators
Reference: Appendix A, Gujarati (2003) Basic Econometrics (4th edition), McGraw-Hill, New York.