• MMAT5330

• Econometric Principles and Data Analysis

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Academic Offenses

The Chinese University of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating and plagiarism. Any related offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University. For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should consult the following link: .

Assessment

Your final letter-grade will be determined by the criterion-referenced assessment.

Course Format

• The course consists of 13 lectures; the last class is a review lecture from 6:30 pm – 9:15 pm.
• We will have 2 hours and 45 minutes for our lectures on the dates below:
• January 8
• January 15
• January 29
• February 19
• March 4
• March 18
• April 8
• There are five labs conducted in the lectures, where these five regular classes are split into two parts.
• The lecture class starts from 6:20 pm – 8:15 pm.
• The lab class starts from 8:15 pm – 9:15 pm.
• There are five lab assignments and each lab assignment, together with class participation activities, is worth 4% out of 100%. We will have 1 hour and 50 minutes for our lecture. Here are the dates:
• January 22
• February 5
• March 11
• March 25
• April 15
• The questions to be answered will be selected and presented from the previous week’s lecture teaching materials. There are two sets of problems that will be covered in the lab assignment; the first set contains review exercises as a group activity where we will work through the problems together, while the second set contains a few open-ended questions that will test how much you understand our teaching materials. There are three graded homeworks; each homework assignment is worth 5% out of 100%. A midterm written closed book examination will given on February 26, 2024. The midterm examination lasts from 7:45 pm to 9:00 pm, and is worth 20% out of 100%. A final written closed book examination will given on April 22, 2024. The final examination lasts from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and is worth 50% out of 100%.
• Please attend our lectures and labs regularly. If you miss two or three lectures and lab assignments in a row, you are warned that you will have a very hard time following the lecture teaching materials and working out any lab assignment problems later on. Before taking this course, a student must check his/her Monday timetable and personal activities since he/she must be available during our scheduled teaching periods.

Calendar

Homeworks

There will be three graded homework assignments.

Please note that you MUST do the whole homework entirely by yourself. In case of difficulty, you may consult the instructor and the tutors during their office hours. Any answers that show evidence of having been done with others will receive a score of zero; stronger action may also be taken (visit ). Don’t copy the work of others! Be neat, concise and well-organized.

Late homework answers will NOT be graded, and will receive a score of zero.

Lecture Notes

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