Short courses in Survey Data Analysis for Development
We will be offering the following three courses online in March :
Econometrics: The course covers some foundational statistics that are necessary for going forward. We will cover the classical linear regression model (CLRM) and will discuss inference and estimation using the CLRM, as well as common violations of the CRLM assumptions, particularly endogeneity, heteroscedasticity, non-linear errors and omitted variable bias. Participants will be introduced to binary dependent variable models (Linear probability model, probit, logit) South African survey data will be used throughout to...
Each course will be delivered online over a period of ten weeks with one 1.5 hour lecture and one 1.5 hour Stata practical per week.