Economics 190: Research with Economics
Data Fall 2024
The course is new - it was first taught in Fall 2023. It will
eventually be given a permanent course number.
The course goals are to provide students with the skills to
do research applying basic regression methods to data.
Most of the course will provide necessary skills. The course
will also include a modest project.
The course will cover
(1) Basic regression methods.
(2) Downloading and cleaning data from a major public data
source (IPUMs).
(3) Creating publishable tables from statistical analysis and
regression analysis
(4) Replication of a published journal paper.
(5) A project that is written in the format of a published
research paper.
Teaching and assignments and project will use Stata.
Prerequisite
The key requirement is a good understanding of
linear regression.
At a minimum one should have done Economics 102 or (better
still) Economics 140 with a grade
of B or better.
Enrollment is capped at 25 students.
The course is intended for Economics majors, and first pass
is restricted to economics majors.
[Should there still be room
after first pass I will consider Students who have taken STA 108
with a grade of B- or better or ARE 106 with a grade of B- or
better, provided they have also taken basic courses in ECN or
ARE.]
Syllabus
This course was first taught in Fall 2023.
In Fall 2024 the course will have some changes. It will have more
on how to structure a research paper, what parts of data analysis
to include in the paper, how to import statistical output into
tables from a paper. It will go through more examples of research
papers.
This course will eventually become a permanent course with a
regular course number.
A. Colin Cameron / UC-Davis Economics / http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/cameron