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Key concepts



Before class


Required readings

  • Meier, K. J., Brudney, J. L., & Bohte, J. (2015). Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration (Ninth edition). Cengage Learning., Chapters 17 & 18
  • Video Intro to Linear Regression
  • Bailey, M. A. (2016). Real Stats: Using Econometrics for Political Science and Public Policy (1st edition). Oxford University Press., Chapter 1,Intro, 1.1 & 1.2 - Chapter 3, Intro 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.7 & 3.8
  • Wonnacott, T. H., & Wonnacott, R. J. (1990). Introductory Statistics (5th ed). Wiley., Chapters 11.1, 11.2 - Chapter 12 & Chapter 15.1, 15.2
  • Hamermesh, D. S., & Parker, A. (2005). Beauty in the Classroom: Instructors’ Pulchritude and Putative Pedagogical Productivity. Economics of Education Review, 24(4), 369–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.07.013

In class


Take the pre-lecture survey here.


Empirical studies as examples


TBD.