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251key 1/31/08 Click here for 'd= oc' format.

Welcome to= the Eco251 Web Page

This is a web page in progress. The page contains links to the course syllabus, course outline with homework as= signments, computer problems, and annotated outline. It will contain old exams and pro= blem solutions after they are discussed in class. For future use bookmark this p= age.

My hard drive is regularly checked = for viruses. If you get a virus report, please give me the document number and I will reboot it. Some virus problems have been re= ported in one of the computer rooms. These seem to be in the computer, not in the documents. If this happens to you, report it to the help desk and try anoth= er room.

My standing offer: If you submit a good exam problem to me, you might = just find it on the exam. The better thought out it is, the more likely it is to= go on the exam with minimal changes. However, since there are 2 Statistics exa= ms, the numbers are likely to be changed. A number of students have submitted questions in the past and, I believe, gotten better grades because of it.

My new standing offer: Work to im= prove the course, if it is used, will be rewarded by adding extra credit points to grades on graded homework. This includes, but is not limited to: 1) The fir= st person to notice an error on any posted document except, maybe, exams; 2) h= elp to improve course graphics and 3) valuable ideas for new documents or probl= ems.

Notices:

You should always be sure= that you have a copy of the current outline pages to bring to class. You should = know how to access Blackboard.

http://courses.wcupa.edu/rbove/entering_blackboard_for_the_first_ti= me.doc

In addition to the prerequisites, you are expected to = be able to express yourself in writing. All e-mails to the instructor at = rbove@wcupa.edu sh= ould be in grammatically correct but not terribly formal English with the spelling checked.

From the Tutoring Center:=

How to sign up for a tutor

Come to 105 Lawrence Center and fill out a request form. You must be present to = be assigned.

You may sign up for up to three different cours= es. Make sure you give us the course name, course number, and your section number.

If our tutors are booked, you will be placed on= a waiting list. We will contact you as soon as a space becomes available.

Remember, tutors are assigned on a first come, first serve basis. If you anticipate a problem in a given subject, sig= n up early -- crisis tutoring does not work.

The LARC cannot schedule more than one tutoring session per class, per week. Exceptions are reviewed on a case by case basis.

If you have a learning disability or require individualized tutoring, let us know right away. We will try to accommodate your needs as much as possible.

081L= ARCstaff list.doc

January Notices

Jan 31 – You should now be doing all the problem= s in Section F. All solutions have been posted in PROBLEM SOLUTIONS.

The National Association of Black Accountants has its ‘Welcome Back Social’ tonight at 5:30-6:30pm in A303 with games, pizza and soda. Everyone is welcome!

Jan 20 – By now you should have done all problem= s in sections A-D and be doing the first problem in section F. All solutions have been posted in PROBLEM SOLUTIONS.

Jan 18 – When you need it, the worksheet for problems G3A and G4 is at 251wrksht<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:purple'>. Graded Assi= gnment 1 has been corre= cted. If you are curious or just lazy, the routine 251crazy wi= ll do the first part of the graded assignment for you, but your writeup should fo= ol me into believing that you actually did the work.

Jan 17 - Graded Assignment 1 is = now available. No due date has been set. I have not worked through the solution yet, so keep posted on changes by regularly checking the notices. Don’= ;t forget to turn in the Academic Dishonesty statement.

Jan 16 - The letter below came from the tutoring center. The current list of tutor= s is posted above.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; "The LARC is welcoming students for registration for the Spring 2008! Plea= se let your students know we have tutors available for most 100- and 200-level= &= nbsp; &nbs= p; gen. ed. courses. We will also offer Praxis review sessions and the Academ= ic Success Workshop. Have a wonderful Spring!"

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Thank you!=

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Gerardina L. Kenney

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Interim Director

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Learning Assistance and Resource Center

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; 610-738-0496

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; gkenney@wcupa.edu

Jan 9 – For class schedule, see below. On the fi= rst day of class, I will hand out the following Documents: SYLLABUS and the d= ocuments from the OUTLINE – and lecture summari= es that are listed in 251descrCover1. There will be a revised academic dishonesty statement that must be signed a= nd returned to me.<= /b>

Jan 8 – I am posting= my schedule for the spring below. Actual office hours during each week will be posted on the next page.

            =     Every year a significant minority of Students taking Economics 251 and 252 receiv= e a grade of C- or lower. Almost all of these students are required by the Busi= ness program to receive a C or better in the course. When this requirement was imposed, I asked the faculty if I should now be giving C’s to the peo= ple who would have earned a C- before the requirement was imposed and was told = that I should not. Almost all the people who received a grade of C- or lower for= the course received a grade of D+ or lower on the final exam, this was a score = of 18 out of a nominal 75 on the exam.

            =     Every year students who received grades of C- or lower ask me if there is some way they can make up the grade. Unfortunately this is impractical and defeats t= he purpose of a grading system. Almost all of these people will tell me that t= hey worked hard and attended all of my classes. Good intentions, however, are no substitute for being able to show me that they learned something. I, theref= ore, must say no to requests to do something to make up the grade. It just doesn’t seem reasonable to believe that people who learned relatively little during the term are going to suddenly understand statistics or that I could offer this opportunity to everyone who did not get a C. I, honestly, = have no idea how anyone can make up this grade in the few weeks before the start= of the next term.

References Copied from end of Document.

OUTLINE – and lecture summari= es.

&n= bsp;            = ;   LOUTLINE Outline spaced for use in class.

TERMS NOT EXPLAINED ELSEWHERE.

PROBLEM SOLUTIONS

PROGRAMS

OLD EXAMS

SYLLABUS SUPPLEMENT EXCERPTS also see SYLLABUS SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY STATEMENT – See syllabus for current version.

SYLLABUS

HOMEWORK ASSIGNME= NTS

PROBLEMS THAT = APPEAR IN ONLY THE 8^TH OR 9^TH EDITION<= /p>
Macros from Minitab

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SPRING SCHEDULE

OFFICE HOU= RS:               =    These hours may conflict with faculty meetings, doctors’ appointments etc. C= heck the weekly schedule below before coming in.

            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;     M        &= nbsp;   noon-2 PM

            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;     T        &= nbsp;    3:15-5 PM

            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;     W        &= nbsp;   noon-2 PM

   = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ; R        &= nbsp;    3:15-5 PM

   = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;

I am also usually available after classes, after = office hours and Friday afternoons. = You are encouraged to come in at your convenience without appointment (Call in advance to be sure that I am in). If you don’t understand what is goi= ng on in class, please com= e to my office

CLASS SCHED= ULE:

Class Number

Subject

Catalog

Sect

Component

Start Time

End Time

Meeting Days

Building

Room

2820 <= /o:p>

ECO

251

01

LEC

2:00PM

3:15PM

TuTh <= /o:p>

Anderson

213

2832 <= /o:p>

ECO

251

05

LEC

12:30PM

1:45PM

TuTh <= /o:p>

Anderson

213

2834 <= /o:p>

ECO

252

02

LEC

11:00AM

11:50AM

MWF

Anderson

217

2838 <= /o:p>

ECO

252

06

LEC

10:00AM

10:50AM

MWF

Anderson

217

Final Exam Schedule=
Spring 2008

EXAM

Monday May 5 2008

Tuesday May 6

2008

Wed. May7

2008

Thursday May 8

2008

Friday May 9

2008

8:00 am - 10:00 am

MWF =

8-8:= 50

TR

9:30 – 10:45

MWF<= /span>

9-9:= 50

TR

8-9:= 15

MWF =

12-1= 2:50

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

MWF

11-11:50

TR

12:30-1:45

MWF

10-10:50

TR

11-1= 2:15

All Saturday

Clas= ses

1:00 pm -

3:00 pm

MWF<= /span>

2-2:= 50

TR

2-3:15

MWF<= /span>

1-1:= 50

MAT = 102

MAT = 351

&nbs= p;

3:30 pm -

5:30 pm

MWF = 3-3:50

MW 3= -4:15

SPA = 101

SPA = 102

SPA = 201 SPA202

&nbs= p;

ACC = 201

ACC = 202

ACC = 302

MAT0= 00 MAT001

MAT1= 01 MAT103

MAT1= 04 MAT121

&nbs= p;

6:00 pm -

8:00 pm

M 4:15-7P

MW 4:15-5:30

T 4:15-7P

TR 4:15-5:30P

W 4:15-7P

MW 5:45-7P

R 4:15-7P

TR 5:45-7P

&nbs= p;

8:30 pm -

10:30 pm

M 7:15P-10P

MW 8:45P-10P

T 7:15P-10P

TR 7:15P-8:30P

W 7:15P-10P

MW 7:15P-8:30P

R 7:15P-10P

TR 8:45P-10P

&nbs= p;

&nb= sp;

GRADED ASSIGNMENTS &#= 8211; DO NOT DO 2007 ASSIGNMENTS!

First Graded Assignment

Solution to the First G= raded Assignment

Second Graded Assignment

Solution to the Second = Graded Assignment

Third Graded Assignment

Solution to the Third G= raded Assignment

Fourth Graded Assignment

Solution to the Fourth = Graded Assignment

http://courses.wcupa.edu/= rbove/eco251/251grass3-071.doc

. You should always be su= re that you have a copy of the current outline pages to bring to class. You should = know how to access Blackboard.

http://courses.wcupa.edu/rbove/entering_blackboard_for_the_first_ti= me.doc

In addition to the prerequisites you are expected to be able to express yourself in writing. All e-mails to the instructor sho= uld be in grammatically correct but not terribly formal English with the spelling checked! Note the following rules!

1= . Verbs HAS to agree with their subje= cts.

2= . Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

3= . And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.

4= . It is wrong to ever split an infini= tive.

5= . Avoid clichés like the plagu= e. (They're old hat.)

6= . Be more or less specific.

7= . Parenthetical remarks (however rele= vant) are (usually) unnecessary.

8= . Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

9= . No sentence fragments.

1= 0. Don't use no double negatives.

1= 1. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out or mispeld something.<= /o:p>

1= 2. Eschew obfuscation.

1= 3. i get very angry if you Don’t capitalize correctly.
1= 4. Pronouns should be put in the correct case, and the passive voice should be avoided by you and I.

1= 5. I were very happy if you would have learned the difference between the subjunctive and the conditional.

1= 6. Be fermiliar with the spelling and pronunciation of words like higharchy.

1= 7. Its very annoying if you don’t know when ‘its’ needs it’= ;s apostrophe.

1= 8. Writing carefully, dang= ling participles must be avoided.

= Do you know the difference between ‘you and I’ and ‘you and me,’ ‘fortuitous’ and ‘fortunate,’ ‘enormousness’ and ‘enormity,’ ‘lay’ and ‘lie,’ ‘reticent’ and ‘reluctant,’ ‘mischievous’ and ‘mischeevious?’ Most students and too many faculty = and newspaper editors don’t. ‘mischeevious’ is not a real wor= d, but I have been hearing ‘mischievous’ pronounced that way too often.

=

SPELLCHECKER

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

<= br>   All rights reserved (c) Novinite Ltd., 2001-2004.
  You are permitted to use an= y of the articles only if you obligatory quote the source.
Sofia Morning News is a registered trad= emark No 33727/10.08.1998 under the Bulgaria's Patent Office.

Office Hours= : (Call 610-436-2134 if you're not s= ure! But you are always better off e-mailing rbo= ve@wcupa.edu) . I am often in during afternoons outside of these hours.)

SCHEDULE

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Monday Jan= 14

Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm

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Tuesday Ja= n 15

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Wednesday = Jan 16

Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm

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Thursday J= an 17

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Friday Jan= 18

No Office = hours

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Monday Jan= 21

MLK Day &#= 8211; No Classes

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Tuesday Ja= n 22

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Wednesday = Jan 23

Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm

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Thursday J= an 24

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Friday Jan= 25

No Office = hours

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Monday Jan= 28

No Classes=

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Tuesday Ja= n 29

No Classes=

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Wednesday = Jan 30

Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm

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Thursday J= an 31

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Friday Feb= 1

No Office = hours

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Monday Feb= 4

Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm

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Tuesday Fe= b 4

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Wednesday = Feb 4

Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm

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Thursday F= eb 4

Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm

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Friday Feb= 4

No Office = hours

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<= /o:p>

If you would prefer to get documents by email, send me your address and I will put toget= her a list. In general, if you have trouble with any document, send me an e-mail and I will try to e-mail the document to you from my personal stash. Howeve= r, if your equation writer works as badly as the one I have on my old computer= at home, you may not be able to read parts of the documents.=

SYLLABUS

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

PROBLEMS THAT APPEAR I= N ONLY THE 8^TH OR 9^TH EDITION
251wrksht is a worksheet for problems G3A and G= 4.

Graded Assignments and Solutions will be accessible below.

First Graded Assignment

Solution to the First G= raded Assignment

Second Graded Assignment

Solution to the Second = Graded Assignment

Third Graded Assignment

Solution to the Third G= raded Assignment

Fourth Graded Assignment

Solution to the Fourth = Graded Assignment

Document continues on nex= t page.

OUT= LINE – and lecture summaries.

&n= bsp;            = ;   LOU= TLINE Outline spaced for use in class.

TERMS NOT EXPLAINED ELSEWHERE.

PRO= BLEM SOLUTIONS

PRO= GRAMS

OLD= EXAMS

<= span style=3D'font-weight:normal'>SYLLABUS SUPPLEMENT EXCERPTS al= so see SYLLABUS SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS

CURRICULUM VITAE

Document Covers

251descrC= over1

251probCove= r

Behrenson Text CD-ROMs

http= ://courses.wcupa.edu/rbove/Berenson/CD-ROM%20Topics

ht= tp://courses.wcupa.edu/rbove/Berenson/Data%20Files-8th/

http://cou= rses.wcupa.edu/rbove/Berenson/Data_Files-9th/

Document continues on nex= t page.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Dr. Daniel Mohan = has kindly provided a list of websites related to statistics. In particular a c= opy of Minitab can be rented from the Minitab website. <= /span>Note: A new window will be popped up to display the linked pages. You will want to close this window when you are done looking = at the selected site.     =

SPSS Home Page      = ;            &n= bsp; http://www.spss.com/
Minitab Home Page =         &= nbsp;         http://www.minitab.com/
Texas Instruments Cal= culators http://www.ti.com/calc/
SAS Home Page         &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; http://sas.com/
Frontline Systems         &= nbsp;            http://frontsys.com/
LINDO Systems         &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; http://www.lindo.com/    <= /o:p>

Stata Corporation               = ;       http://www.stata.com/<= /p>
I am going to start my own list of additional resources here.

Measuring Inequality, a PowerPoint presentation which explains various measures of income inequalit= y, is available on the ECAAR website. This presentation was prepared by Paul Burkholder, ECAAR's Project Manager, as part of our project on "Inequa= lity and Democratic Development." Paul is a recent graduate of Temple University, with a degree in economics. He does research for current and potential projects, and assists with media and member outreach.
See http://www.ecaar.org/Inequality/powerpoint/measuring%20ineq= uality_files/frame.htm

First Graded Assignment	Solution to the First G= raded Assignment
Second Graded Assignment	Solution to the Second = Graded Assignment
Third Graded Assignment	Solution to the Third G= raded Assignment
Fourth Graded Assignment	Solution to the Fourth = Graded Assignment

SCHEDULE	= ;	= ;
= ;	Monday Jan= 14	Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm
= ;	Tuesday Ja= n 15	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Wednesday = Jan 16	Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm
= ;	Thursday J= an 17	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Friday Jan= 18	No Office = hours
= ;	= ;	= ;
= ;	Monday Jan= 21	MLK Day &#= 8211; No Classes
= ;	Tuesday Ja= n 22	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Wednesday = Jan 23	Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm
= ;	Thursday J= an 24	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Friday Jan= 25	No Office = hours
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= ;	Monday Jan= 28	No Classes=
= ;	Tuesday Ja= n 29	No Classes=
= ;	Wednesday = Jan 30	Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm
= ;	Thursday J= an 31	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Friday Feb= 1	No Office = hours
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= ;	Monday Feb= 4	Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm
= ;	Tuesday Fe= b 4	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Wednesday = Feb 4	Office Hou= rs Noon – 2pm
= ;	Thursday F= eb 4	Office Hou= rs 3:15 – 5pm
= ;	Friday Feb= 4	No Office = hours
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