Last updated 6 August 2013. Shortcuts: BI ECON - BI FinECON - BI - Useful links. This webpage is optimised for Mozilla Firefox FORK 1002 Preparatory Course in Elementary Statistics (August 2013) Professor: Genaro Sucarrat Course description Handouts: 1 Key Concepts and Basic Statistics, 2 Regression Analysis, 3 Qualitative Explanatory Variables Exercises: Set 1 (solutions), Set 2 (solutions), Set 3 (solutions), Set 4 (solutions) Statistical tables: Normal distribution, t distribution, Chi-square distribution, F distribution Datasets: Class-data (all: SPSS, Excel, sample: SPSS, Excel), Viagra (SPSS, Excel), Houses (SPSS, Excel), Infidelity (SPSS, Excel), Wages (SPSS, Excel), Women labour market participation (SPSS, Excel) Statistical software: SPSS Some useful SPSS resources (from Andy Field's book Discovering Statistics Using SPSS): Interactive Multiple Choice Questions Flash animations of how to edit graphs, do regressions, transforming data, etc. Other useful resources: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Resources to help you learn and use SPSS Schedule (10h-14h45 each day): Day Date Room Contents [last updated] Thu 1/8 C2-060 Introduction [1/8/2013], Key Concepts and Basic Statistics [2/8/2013] Fri 2/8 C2-060 Key Concepts and Basic Statistics (cont.), Regression Analysis [6/8/2013], 14h-14h45 in computer lab (B1-040) Mon 5/8 C2-060 Regression Analysis (cont.), 13h-14h45 in computer lab (B1-040) Tue 6/8 C2-060 Regression Analysis (cont.), Qualitative Explanatory Variables [6/8/2013], 13h-14h45 in computer lab (B1-040)