Statistics

ECON-UA 18-001, Fall 2015

Lectures: Monday/Wednesday, 9:30AM-10:45AM, 5WP 101
Instructor: Xiaochen Fan
Email: xiaochen.fan@nyu.edu (Please include your course and section number when emailing)
Office: NYU Econ. Dept. Room 603, 19 W. 4 St
Office Hours: Tuesday 3PM-4PM or by appointment
TAs: Ala Avoyan (a.avoyan@nyu.edu, Office hours: Thursday 2PM-4PM, Room 623) and Pawel Langer
(pl1324@nyu.edu, Office hours: Thursday 10AM-noon, Room 723)
TA sections: Start on Friday September 11 (No TA sections in the first week)
- Fri 09:30AM-10:45AM at 7E12 LL33 (by Ala)
- Fri 11:00AM-12:15PM at BOBS LL151 (by Ala)
- Fri 02:00PM-03:15PM at 25W4 C-8 (by Pawel)
- Fri 03:30PM-04:45PM at 25W4 C-8 (by Pawel)
Textbook: Stats: Data and Models, 4th edition, by DeVeaux, Velleman and Bock (Pearson).
Lecture Outline
Week 1: Sep 2 Ch.1
Week 2: Sep 9 Ch.2,3
Week 3: Sep 14, 16 Ch.3,4
Week 4: Sep 21, 23 Ch.5,6
Week 5: Sep 28, 30 Ch.7,8
Week 6: Oct 5, 7 Ch.9 Midterm I: Oct 7 (Wednesday)
Week 7: Oct 13, 14 Ch.13,14
Week 8: Oct 19, 21 Ch.15,16
Week 9: Oct 26, 28 Ch.16,17
Week 10: Nov 2, 4 Ch.17,18
Week 11: Nov 9, 11 Ch.18 Midterm II: Nov 11 (Wednesday)
Week 12: Nov 16, 18 Ch.19,20
Week 13: Nov 23 Ch.20
Week 14: Nov 30, Dec 2 Ch.21,25
Week 15: Dec 7, 9 Ch.25, Review
Week 16: Dec 14 No class
Final Exam: Dec 21 (Monday), 8:00AM-9:50AM
The course grade will be based on two midterm exams (each 30%), final exam (30%), and homework
exercises (10%). Late homeworks will not be accepted. Questions regarding grades of homeworks/midterms
must be raised within one week from the date the grades are posted to NYU Classes. Grade distribution for
course will be based upon Economics Department guidelines: Deviation of plus or minus five percentage
points is considered within the normal bounds for the following targets: A 29%; B 40%; C 22%; D 5%; F

5%. Students are responsible for all class material discussed in lectures and lab sections, even if it does not
appear in the Powerpoint presentation.
The two midterms are on Oct 7 and Nov 11, both in class. The final exam is scheduled by the university on Monday Dec 21 (8:00AM-9:50AM), in the same room as lectures, for all students - no earlier
or later substitute dates will be provided for individual student for any reason.
If you cannot take the scheduled midterm, you must inform me before the exam takes place, and must
provide a medical note in which the doctor states that there were medical reasons why you ought to have
been excused from the exam (not merely that you were seen by the doctor) or a written explanation of
the extraordinary circumstances together with documentation. If you cannot take the final exam, you must
inform me before the final exam date and apply for an Incomplete; with valid reasons in accordance with
university rules make-up final exam will be given before the deadline set by the university or an Incomplete
grade will turn automatically into an F.