Videos for Econ B2000, MA Statistics and Econometrics

• Videos to learn SPSS
  On Linear Regressions
  1. Linear Regressions 1
  2. Linear Regressions 2
  3. Linear Regressions 3
  4. Linear Regressions 4
  5. Linear Regressions 5
  6. Linear Regressions 6
  7. Linear Regressions 7
  8. Linear Regressions 8
  9. Linear Regressions 9
  
  
  On Final Project Topics
  1. Ideas for Final Project, part 1
  2. Ideas for Final Project, part 2
  3. Ideas for Final Project, part 3
  
  
  1. SPSS Basics
     • why learn SPSS – looks like Excel but more powerful, not too 'programmy'
     • how to start it up on a lab computer – don't just click on associated file
     • how to open a data file (that was downloaded from course web page, zipped)
     • save the file and then take the saved file (upload or USB drive)
  2. Using SPSS to analyze how data is set up – each line is a person; each HH might have several people
  3. On Dummy Variables, how coded simple variables like "female" that are 0/1 values or numbers, which refer to codebook – e.g. boroughs
  4. Descriptive Statistics – how to...
  5. Analyze ... Descriptive
     • diff between "Frequency" and "Analyze" then "Explore" by variable (Age by borough)
     • then by another variable (e.g. by borough)
  6. can also "Select" certain cases and then subset
  7. Showing results – often SPSS not the best choice
  8. Descriptives by another variable SPSS makes it easy to get stats on every variable by borough, but this brings up a larger question: so what? Which differences are real?
• Online Video 1