Introduction to applied econometrics covering statistical methods for evaluating empirical relationships and testing economic theory, with emphasis on applying these methods to real-world data using modern statistical software.
Christopher Mckelvey taught ECON 400 with a manageable workload consisting of one problem set per week and two exams. Students found the exams to be difficult and accounted for 64% of the final grade, though Mckelvey noted they were fair and curved.
Christopher Mckelvey taught with animated lectures that made econometrics interesting. Students found exams fair, often open-note or open-book, and weekly homeworks tested conceptual understanding without requiring excessive memorization of difficult equations.