ECON 41
Probability and Statistics for Economists
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, with grades of C or better. Not open to students with credit for former Statistics 11. Introduction to theory and practice of mathematical statistics with emphasis on its use in economics. Introduction of basic statistical concepts such as random variables, probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
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If you have to take econ 41 with her, you really should go down to the Undergraduate Research Center and petition to have your four units count as an independent reseach project, because Professor Kyriazidou obviously didn't get the memo: "We, the Regents of UCLA, really hate to break this to you, but unfortunately you will have to teach undergraduates from time to time. Others have noticed that this responsibility can result in what one professor termed 'work.' We sincerely regret the inconvience this 'work' may cause to your regurarly scheduled life."
If you have to take econ 41 with her, you really should go down to the Undergraduate Research Center and petition to have your four units count as an independent reseach project, because Professor Kyriazidou obviously didn't get the memo: "We, the Regents of UCLA, really hate to break this to you, but unfortunately you will have to teach undergraduates from time to time. Others have noticed that this responsibility can result in what one professor termed 'work.' We sincerely regret the inconvience this 'work' may cause to your regurarly scheduled life."
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Winter 2023 - Professor read off slides that were so hard to understand because he didn't explain the notations unless you ask him. I could've put more effort into this class but I was juggling two mgmt classes at the same time so my grade suffered. if you're not a mathy person this might be hard for you. I found econ 11 to be easier but that's also cuz I had a great professor too. shoutout to surro :p
Winter 2023 - Professor read off slides that were so hard to understand because he didn't explain the notations unless you ask him. I could've put more effort into this class but I was juggling two mgmt classes at the same time so my grade suffered. if you're not a mathy person this might be hard for you. I found econ 11 to be easier but that's also cuz I had a great professor too. shoutout to surro :p
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Summer 2020 - So many complaints in this class! He has pretty unreasonable demands for the final ever since he found people cheating on the midterm, making everyone take the fall and not just the cheaters. His final can only have a cheat sheet, use Lockdown, and an extra device for Zoom on the side. His lectures are okay but sometimes focus on wayyyyy too many proofs and not actually helping us on example problems for the exams. His exams also consist of concepts he only touched very lightly. Overall it's not an enjoyable class, especially taking it online.
Summer 2020 - So many complaints in this class! He has pretty unreasonable demands for the final ever since he found people cheating on the midterm, making everyone take the fall and not just the cheaters. His final can only have a cheat sheet, use Lockdown, and an extra device for Zoom on the side. His lectures are okay but sometimes focus on wayyyyy too many proofs and not actually helping us on example problems for the exams. His exams also consist of concepts he only touched very lightly. Overall it's not an enjoyable class, especially taking it online.
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Winter 2021 - Absolutely trash professor for a relatively easy class. 1. Didn't even clarify or provide resources for what would be on the final until three days before, with the excuse that he was "prepping practice problems to make sure they were only on the subjects covered." Spoiler alert: half the problems he ended up posting were still not on the subjects we covered. 2. Made mistakes on variable usage for a question in the final and is refusing to give points back. 3. Countless errors in provided notes, solutions & other resources. (He calculated all of the CLT questions in one section of the notes incorrectly, and some of the answer keys to past midterms that he provided for review also had incorrect solutions. Every class, students would find errors in notation/calculation in his lecture notes--it was honestly so frustrating to follow.) 4. Doesn't reply to emails, saying that there were too many to reply to. 5. Bad at explaining things: he spent 45 minutes describing a basic theorem that boiled down to common sense, and then skims over fundamental stats concepts that it seems like he expects people to already know. Is this guy supposed to be the best Econ professor? Honestly confused; he turned what should have been a relatively straightforward class into an absolute nightmare.
Winter 2021 - Absolutely trash professor for a relatively easy class. 1. Didn't even clarify or provide resources for what would be on the final until three days before, with the excuse that he was "prepping practice problems to make sure they were only on the subjects covered." Spoiler alert: half the problems he ended up posting were still not on the subjects we covered. 2. Made mistakes on variable usage for a question in the final and is refusing to give points back. 3. Countless errors in provided notes, solutions & other resources. (He calculated all of the CLT questions in one section of the notes incorrectly, and some of the answer keys to past midterms that he provided for review also had incorrect solutions. Every class, students would find errors in notation/calculation in his lecture notes--it was honestly so frustrating to follow.) 4. Doesn't reply to emails, saying that there were too many to reply to. 5. Bad at explaining things: he spent 45 minutes describing a basic theorem that boiled down to common sense, and then skims over fundamental stats concepts that it seems like he expects people to already know. Is this guy supposed to be the best Econ professor? Honestly confused; he turned what should have been a relatively straightforward class into an absolute nightmare.
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