ECON 4730: R Programming for Economists

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: Business Majors: Admission to the Coles College of Business; Non-Business Majors: ECON 2300 or STAT 1401
This course introduces R programming basics and related multivariate and econometric modeling methods for various business and economic data. Specific topics include basic features of R programming; data input and output; various graphic methods for data presentation; flow control and the use of functions; general principles for programming; simulation methods for econometric modeling; computational linear algebra; regression methods; numerical optimization; matrix algebra theory for multivariate data analysis; case studies in business and economics.