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Summer School and Semester 2
Course Coordinator: Dr Patricia Sourdin
Email: patricia.sourdin@adelaide.edu.au
Office hours: By appointment
Office location: Nexus 10, Level 4, Room 4.28

Semester 1  
Course Coordinator: Dr Nadya Baryshnikova
Email: nadezhda.baryshnikova@adelaide.edu.au
Office hours: TBA
Office location: Nexus 10, Level 4, Room 4.04
Telephone: 8313 4821

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Conduct basic statistical and econometric analysis.
2. Explain and interpret econometric results.

TEXT BOOK
The required textbook is Principles of Econometrics, 5th Edition, Wiley by R. Carter Hill, William E. Griffiths and Guay C. Lim.

The recommended book to accompany the required text is Using Stata for Principles of Econometrics, 4th Edition, by Adkins and Hill.

Extensive use is made of MyUni; please check the announcements regularly. Lecture notes, practical questions, and past exam paper solutions will be made available on MyUni.

There is a discussion board on MyUni; this is the preferred way for students to ask questions because this way all students have the same information and any of the staff can reply, allowing for quicker responses.

Classes will meet for 2 hours a week for the lecture and once for a 1-hour tutorial depending on the time slot students sign up for. Office hours with the lecturer and tutors will be announced in due course. Please adhere strictly to the designated office hours.

The standard undergraduate workload for a full-time student is 48 hours per week which equates to 12 hours per 3 unit course. This course has three hours of lectures and tutorials each week, which means that students should undertake nine hours of self-study each week of the teaching term. 

Homework assignments are issued each week. Students are expected to work in groups on these assignments. All students may be asked to present their solutions during each tutorial session.

Teaching & Learning Activities	Related Learning Outcomes
Lectures	1,2
Tutorials	1,2

TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Topics	Title	Chapters
Topic 1	Introduction to Econometrics	Chapter 1 (HGL)
Topic 2	Introduction to Basic Statistics and Probability	Probability Primer
Topic 3	The Simple Linear Regression Model	Chapter 2
Topic 4	Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing	Chapter 3
Topic 5	Prediction, Goodness of Fit and Modeling Issues	Chapter 4
Topic 6	The Multiple Linear Regression Model	Chapter 5
Topic 7	Further Inference in the Multiple Regression Model	Chapter 6
Topic 8	Using Indicator Variables	Chapter 7
Topic 9	Heteoskedasticity	Chapter 8

Homework completion may require access to STATA. If you do not have STATA at home, you may use the computer labs on campus. Please refer to  for further details.

For course related questions, students are encouraged to utilise the designated office hours of the lecturer and the tutors or post their questions on the discussion board. Questions over the telephone and email are strongly discouraged.

Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.

Assessment Task	Due Date/ Week	Weight	Learning Outcomes
Homework Assignments (in groups)	See dates on MyUni	30%	1,2
2 Individual Homework assignments	See dates on MyUni	25%	1,2
Final Exam	Exam period	45%	1,2
Total		100%

There are NO hurdle requirements for this course.

Group Homework: Please consider the use of Zoom or any other preferred software for your online meetings. If you choose to meet face to face, please observe social distancing.

2 Individual Homework assignments: one due closer to week 5 and another closer towards the end of the course). The best mark out of these two assignments will count towards the grade. If you do not submit an assignment for any reason, a mark of 0 will be given for that assignment. The weighting of the Individual Assignments component will be 25%. Due dates will be posted on myUni.

Final (45%) : details to be advised at a later date. (Note that this will not be an invigilated exam requiring personal attendance.)

1. Practice (not for grade): Homework will be posted each week. The students will be asked to form groups at the beginning of the course and do the  exercises in these groups. Although homework is not marked, all students are expected to do this homework for practice!

2. Graded  Homewok  (in groups) - 20%
-There will be 3 group homeworks throughout the course .  The homeworks that will be graded will be announced on the course page in advance and will have a clearly marked due date.

-No individual work will be accepted for this  component. The group homework is submitted online.

-The tutor will mark only one question of his/her choice in each graded homework.

-Best 2 out of these 3 homeworks will be counted for assessment.

-Because not all of these marks count for assessment, no special consideration will be given to students who do not submit the homwork (or submit it late) for medical, compassionate or any other reason. 


2. Midterm Exam - 25%:

-There will be an inclass Midterm Exam of 50 minutes duration (including reading time) held in the middle of the course.
-The date will be announced on the course page.
-This exam is fully redeemable, in that if students choose not to do it or are unable to do it or get a mark of 0 on it, the weighting of the exam is added to the weighting of the final exam. No special consideration will be given to students who miss the exam for medical, compassionate or any other reason. You do not need to inform me about your reasons or your absense.
-Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. If we can’t read what you have written, we can’t give marks for it. Students are advised to use a black pen in the exam; write clearly, BEGIN each question ON A NEW PAGE and do not use white out or pencil.

3. Small Research Project -10%:

-This project will be started in tutorials and finished at home. There will be two Small Research Project sessions during tutorials (most likely in weeks 9 and 10). The dates will be announced on the course page closer to the time.
-Activity will be assessed at each session and after you submit the final project.
-Missed sessions will count as 0. If you cannot attend your tutorial session at that time, please come to any other tutorial during that week.
-If you are late by more than 10 minutes, you will be marked as absent (you may be able to make up that session by attending another session during that week, if it is still available).
-This project is fully redeemable, in that if students choose not to do this project or are unable to do the project or fail this project, the weighting of the project is added to the weighting of the group homework. No special consideration will be given to students who miss the project for medical, compassionate or any other reason. 

4. Final exam (45%)
-This is of 3 hours duration, plus 10 minutes reading time.
-Statistical tables are provided.
-This exam covers the whole semester.
-Please note that, following University policy, dictionaries are not allowed in School of Economics exams.
-Graphics calculators or scientific calculators are allowed but are not required.
-Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. If we can’t read what you have written, we can’t give marks for it. Students are advised to use a black pen in the exam; write clearly, BEGIN each question ON A NEW PAGE and do not use white out or pencil.

Redemption
There is no extra work that can be done to redeem individual components of assessment during the semester, no matter the reason; 
Assessment marks prior to the final exam may be displayed on the course website. Students are encouraged to check their marks and notify the course coordinator of any discrepancies.

Submission of the assignments is required as per instructions on the course web page.

Additional Assessment

If a student receives 45-49 for their final mark for the course they will automatically be granted an additional assessment. This will most likely be in the form of a new exam (Additional Assessment) and will have the same weight as the original exam unless an alternative requirement (for example a hurdle requirement) is stated in this semester’s Course Outline. If, after replacing the original exam mark with the new exam mark, it is calculated that the student has passed the course, they will receive 50 Pass as their final result for the course (no higher) but if the calculation totals less than 50, their grade will be Fail and the higher of the original mark or the mark following the Additional Assessment will be recorded as the final result.