School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ Economics
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
This course introduces fundamental computer tools and applications used in economic analysis and empirical research.
Textbook and / or References
Senol Aldıbas, 2012, Libre Office Calc, TÜBiTAK
http://www.pardus.org.tr/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LibreOffice-Hesap-TablosuCalc.pdf
Halil Özmen, 2016, R Programlama (Özet Ders Notları)
http://halilozmen.com/dersler.php
Libre Office – Calc
https://tr.libreoffice.org/
Gretl (Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time Series Library)
http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
R
https://www.r-project.org/
This course aims to prepare students for more advanced courses by introducing fundamental methods and tools used in economic studies. Developing proficiency in using tools frequently utilized by economists in daily practice, such as spreadsheets, econometric software, and statistical programming languages, is among the course's primary objectives.
1. Students gain advanced computer software skills to analyze and interpret economic data.
Week 1: Data sources, file formats
Week 2: Basic commands and functions
Week 3: Graphs in Excel
Week 4: Advanced commands and functions
Week 5: Basic statistical functions and applications
Week 6: Basic statistical functions and applications
Week 7: Introduction to Stata
Week 8: Data types, variables
Week 9: Basic commands, user-defined functions
Week 10: Graphs in Stata
Week 11: Basic statistical functions and applications
Week 12: Simple programming applications
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm 40 %
• Final 40 %
• Homeworks 20 %
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