ECON 61011 - Computing for Social Sciences

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Economics

Description:

This is a laboratory course designed to introduce first-year graduate students to the basic computational and statistical techniques used in social science quantitative research. The main goal of the course is to show students how to build and access a data set for analysis. As such, it is complementary to the core statistical and econometrics course offered in the social sciences. Students will be exposed to the different operating systems available at Notre Dame, and to a variety of statistical software applications. Topics treated include reading data in different formats and checking it for errors, carrying out exploratory analyses, recoding and creation of new variables, merging data sets, performing extracts, and moving a data set between different operating environments.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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