An introduction to probalistic modeling and statistical inference applied to the analysis of economic data for students with basic knowledge of calculus. Topics covered include: probability, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, mean, variance, correlation, sampling, parameter estimation, unbiasedness and efficiency, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing. Computing labs with Excel.

Prerequisites: Math 34A-B or Math 2A-B or 3A-B; Math 34B or 2B or 3B can be taken simultaneously. Course cannot be used to satisfy any Actuarial Science, Financial Math & Statistics or Statistical Science major or minor requirements.

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1, 2, 3

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HARTMAN J L
John Hartman
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ECON5 . Hartman J L 5 Days Ago

Class is very disorganized and he just reads off slides

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ECON5 . Hartman J L 14 Days Ago

The single worst class I have ever taken, by far!!! He does not describe the problems and only reads the lecture slides.

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ECON5 . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

This the most poorly organized class I have ever taken. Hartman is one of the worst lecturers/professors I have seen in a long time. There is also no getting out of him if you are an econ major as he is the only one who teaches econ 5

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ECON5 . Hartman J L 4 Months Ago

The setup of this class is weird bc of the three sections AND lecture period throughout the week but I'd recommend only skipping the R sections. he lowk doesn't teach much, just kinda reads off the slides so def go to CLAS and watch the supplemental vids in Canvas bc that's actually saving me rn

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ECON5 . Hartman J L 7 Months Ago

Genuinely one of if not the worst professors I have ever had. I learned more about the class by repeatedly doing old finals or midterms than I ever could by listening to his lectures. Any time I went to lecture it was a complete waste of time, and I usually left more confused than informed. Avoid Hartman at all costs.

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ECON5 . Hartman J L 7 Months Ago

this class structure is a MESS, so its a good thing the content isnt too hard. hartman is clearly very into econ 5 but his teaching/ way of explaining is so unhelpful. he overexplains without giving an actual answer. after doing so bad in 10A this class was refreshing because if you study you'll actually get a good grade.

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