Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Economics Economics Day Course
Lecture Code G5051121 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 計量経済学1
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ケイリヨウケイザイガクイチ
Subject Name in
English
Econometrics 1
Instructor HAYAKAWA KAZUHIKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ハヤカワ カズヒコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Weds1-4:ECON B257
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
Basically, Face-to-Face lectures are provided. However, it may switch to online lecture depending on the circumstances. 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 03 : Economics
Eligible Students second year
Keywords statistical analysis of economic data, regression analysis, empirical analysis 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Economic Analysis
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability of developing mathematical analysis applying knowledge Economic theory, Statistics and Econometrics. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Econometrics is an interdisciplinary subject composed of economics, statistics and mathematics. In this course, the statistics part is mainly considered. Specifically, this course provide a series of lectures associated with regression analysis. The goal of this course is to provide basic skills so that students can carry out simple statistical analysis.  
Class Schedule lesson1: Guidance
lesson2: What is econometrics?
lesson3: Review of statistics
lesson4: Review of statistics
lesson5:  Review of statistics
lesson6: Simple regression model
lesson7: Simple regression model
lesson8: Simple regression model
lesson9: Multiple regression model
lesson10: Multiple regression model
lesson11: Multiple regression model
lesson12: Functional form
lesson13: Dummy variable
lesson14: Dummy variable
lesson15: Summary of the course

class room report, final exam 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
distribute the materials via webpage 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, moodle
(More Details) slides 
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Every classes are interdependent, so students are required to review each class. 
Requirements It is desirable to have already taken Statistics 1 or to have enough knowledge to understand the meaning of expected value, variance, and correlation.
It is desirable to be able to perform basic Excel operations (four arithmetic operations, etc.).
To take “Econometrics 2,” it is necessary to have taken this lecture or to have equivalent knowledge. 
Grading Method HW and final exam 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Students who are interested in data analysis are most welcome. 
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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