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Economics

Regression I – Introduction

When:

03 June - 07 June 2024

School:

Global School in Empirical Research Methods

Institution:

University of St. Gallen

City:

St. Gallen

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

English

Credits:

4.0 EC

Fee:

1100 CHF

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About

The primary goal is to develop an applied and intuitive (as opposed to purely theoretical or mathematical) understanding of the topics and procedures. Whenever possible presentations will be in “Words,” “Picture,” and “Math” languages in order to appeal to a variety of learning styles. Some more advanced regression topics will be covered later in the course, but only after the introductory foundations have been established.

We will begin with a quick review of basic univariate statistics and hypothesis testing.

After that we will cover various topics in bivariate and then multiple regression, including:

• Model specification and interpretation.

• Diagnostic tests and plots.

• Analysis of residuals and outliers.

• Transformations to induce linearity.

• Interaction (“Multiplicative”) terms.

• Multicollinearity.

• Dichotomous (“Dummy”) independent variables.

• Categorical (e.g., Likert scale) independent variables.

Course leader

Timothy McDaniel

Target group

Master | PhD | Postdoc | Professional

Interested?

When:

03 June - 07 June 2024

School:

Global School in Empirical Research Methods

Institution:

University of St. Gallen

Language:

English

Credits:

4.0 EC

Fee:

1100 CHF, Master | PhD

Fee:

2000 CHF, Postdoc | Professional

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