Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ725255
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun-22
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
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Using the Nobel Laureates in Economics to Teach Quantitative Methods
Becker, William E.; Greene, William H.
Journal of Economic Education, v36 n3 p261 Sum 2005
The authors show how the work of Nobel Laureates in economics can enhance student understanding and bring them up to date on topics such as probability, uncertainty and decision theory, hypothesis testing, regression to the mean, instrumental variable techniques, discrete choice modeling, and time-series analysis. (Contains 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Economics Education, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Professional Recognition, Probability, Hypothesis Testing, Regression (Statistics), Statistical Analysis, Specialists
Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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