HAD5744H

Prerequisite

Statistics (preferably at the graduate level)

Description

This course is designed to provide an introduction to econometric methods. That is, the basic principles of regression model development and testing that underlie much of applied health economics and health services research. The starting point is the fact that a great number of possible data generating processes yield very similar looking data series. The course deals with how to determine which data generating process, from among the range of possible ones, has actually generated the data you are working with. To that end, the course deals with application of statistical tests and procedures in the context of distinguishing between potential regression models. Students will learn about important methodological considerations when working with both survey and administrative datasets. It is assumed that students have a basic training in statistics.

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