IDEA first year econometrics, 2005-2006

News

11 May: old exams are here
03 May: Notes have been updated. Fixed some confusing typos regarding Choleski decomposition and GLS
Fourth problem set. Due Tuesday 9 May
Solutions for second problem set - Thanks Ivo!
Third problem set. Due Tuesday 18 April
The notes have been updated (31 March).
Class this Thursday 09 March will be presented by Ivo, in the normal lecture room. Be ready with questions about Octave, GRETL, the live CD, etc.
Solutions for first problem set - Thanks Ivo!
Second problem set. Due Tuesday 16 March
Octave manual If you want a pdf, try google, but check that what you come up with is not too out of date.
There is an experimental version of Octave for Windows here I haven't tried it, and I can't yet recommend it, but maybe someone could try it out. If it works well, let me know. This project is evolving quickly, and will probably work well by the time this course is over.
First problem set. Due Tuesday 28 Feb.
There's an introduction to the live cd here
04 Feb. The bootable CD has been updated to fix the problem with the missing NEdit program. You don't need to download it again if your CD doesn't have this problem

program

notes

bootable CD with the notes and example programs ready to run

I don't use Macs or Windows. The main reason I offer the bootable CD is to avoid having to worry about software installation problems. However, the following information may be useful:

Installing Octave on Mac/Windows

Quoting http://www.octave.org/download.html:

"Binaries for Apple's Mac OS X are available as part of the fink project Fink project and also the DarwinPorts package management system.

The current best solution for installing Octave on Windows systems is to simply use the most recent Cygwin package of Octave, available from www.cygwin.com (look in the Math category when installing)."