FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA ANALYTICS FOR ECONOMISTS

ECON 400

An introduction to applied econometrics - the statistical methods economists use to evaluate empirical relationships and test economic theory. Emphasis on application of econometrics to real world data using modern statistical software and developing skills needed to understand empirical work in economics.

ECON 315

Introduction to the fundamental concepts of economic data visualization and analysis. Develop a toolkit of skills to visualize, interpret, and communicate data. After examining the fundamentals of data visualization, emphasis is on methods using Tableau to design and develop dashboards, graphs, and charts to ease quick and accurate interpretation of economic relationships. Move beyond tabular results to display and demonstrate the findings of economic research.

ECON 310

Introduction to analysis of economic data. The techniques of descriptive statistics and statistical inference (hypothesis testing and estimation) as directed toward application in economic research.

ECON 770

Use core economic datasets such as the Panel Study on Income Dynamics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, National Income and Product Accounts, and the American Community Survey for quantitative economic research. Learn to clean and manipulate data to create datasets usable for economic research and to implement theory-based and atheoretic econometric models.

ECON 695

Various advanced topics on the use of data to answer important economic questions.