Exam 2 - CH 4-7
What should I know?
See the specific chapter guides from Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, and Week 7. You should understand all terms and definitions (be able to define and also apply them). You should also be comfortable interpreting regression output either written out in equation form or as Stata output. The level of PS2/PS3 problems is about right in terms of difficulty.
There will not be a Stata component to the exam.
I need more practice!
I recommend the following resources:
- Odd-numbered problems from Stock and Watson - solutions are available here
- Practice exam
- In-class practice
What is the structure of the exam?
The exam will be a lot like a math exam - solving some problems and showing your work. I would expect about 3 multi-part questions. There may be some questions that involve definitions and/or true-false.
The exam is open book with a calculator allowed.
I will provide the following F-distribution table (recreated from S&W): F-table.
What is allowed?
- Paper notes
- Textbook
- Calculator (basic, scientific, graphing)
What is not allowed?
PhoneTabletLaptop
In-class practice
We have several sets of in-class practice activities:
Past exam
Spring 2017 Practice Exam - note that this exam asks you to interpret log coefficients, which we have not yet covered!
Spring 2017 Practice Exam Solutions (I strongly recommend doing the practice exam in its entirety before reviewing the solutions)