Syllabus.Outline

OUTLINE

UNIT 1 Introduction

"The difficulty in life is the choice"

UNIT 2 The Basic Questions

"Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it."

Overview
Outline: An Introduction to Data Analysis
Opening Questions: Will Social Security Survive?
Software Skill: An Introduction to Spreadsheets
Internet / Library Skills (Locating books, magazines, newspapers, journals / CDROM, shelves)
Assignments: Tables/Spreadsheets

UNIT 3 Graphical Analysis

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

Overview
Outline: Graphical Analysis
Opening Questions: How much do we owe Sam?, Should we raise sin taxes? Should we raise the fares? What is the problem down on the farm?
Software Skill: Graphics (Excel)
Internet / Library Skills (Locating economic data)
Assignments: Spreadsheets/Graphs

UNIT 4 Presentation

"Regardless of who you work for, remember that the most important product that you sell is yourself"

UNIT 5 Algebra / Modeling

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are"

UNIT 6 Statistics

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics"