Last updated 2 August 2015. Shortcuts: BI ECON - BI Finance - BI - Useful links. This webpage is optimised for Mozilla Firefox FORK 1002 Preparatory Course in Elementary Statistics (August 2014) Lecturer: 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] Tue 5/8 C2-060 0 Introduction [5/8/2014], 1 Key Concepts and Basic Statistics [6/8/2014] Wed 6/8 C2-060 1 Key Concepts and Basic Statistics (cont.), 2 Regression Analysis [6/8/2014], 14h-14h45 in computer lab (B1-040) Thu 7/8 C2-060 2 Regression Analysis (cont.), 13h-14h45 in computer lab (B1-040) Fri 8/8 C2-060 CANCELLED: 3 Qualitative Explanatory Variables [6/8/2014], 13h-14h45 in computer lab (B1-040)