ECON643

Empirical Analysis I: Foundations of Empirical Research

Credit only granted for: ECON643 or ECON521. Formerly: ECON521. Fundamental aspects of data management and interpretation emphasizing sampling, descriptive statistics, index numbers and construction of aggregated variables. Students will learn probability theory, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and regression analysis using the EXCEL spreadsheet program and STATA statistical software. Must be in Applied Economics-WDC Program; for permission to enroll, contact oes@umd.edu. Click here for more course information.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.93 between 727 students*

ECON643 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 16.23%
A: 21.87%
A+: 4.54%
B-: 4.26%
B: 12.24%
B+: 22.28%
C: 0.41%
C+: 0.41%
D: 0.28%
F: 1.24%
W: 15.13%
other: 1.1%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.