Computer Applications in Economics

2. Computer Applications in Economics Fall 2008 Prof. Leighton

3. Prof. Leighton • Where • Dealy Hall 506 • When • Mon. 12:00-2:00 • Thurs. 12:00-2:00 • To reach me • X4054 • leighton@fordham.edu Prof. Leighton

4. Course Topics • An Introductory Course • Not a Finance nor an advanced topics course • Excel 2003 • Spreadsheet application • 8 weeks • Access 2003 • Relational Database Management System • 5 weeks • PowerPoint 2003 • Professional presentations • 1 lecture Prof. Leighton

5. Required Texts by Grauer and Barber Prentice Hall, 2006 • Exploring MS Office Excel Comprehensive 2003 - Revised Edition (ISBN 0-13-187742-9) • ExploringMS Office Access Comprehensive 2003 - Revised Edition (ISBN 0-13-187741-0) • MicrosoftPowerPoint 2003 • No book required • Notes at my website Prof. Leighton

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7. We remember: • 10% of what we read, • 20% of what we hear, • 30% of what we see and hear, • 50% of what we see someone do while explaining it, and • 90% of what we do ourselves. Prof. Leighton

8. Hands-On Approach • Textbook emphasizes hands-on approach • Each chapter contains Hands-on Exercises • Students do these exercises as their “reading assignments” • Not collected or graded • Homework is assigned for each chapter • Collected and graded Prof. Leighton

9. Do All Hands-on Exercises! Prof. Leighton

10. Assignments for the week are listed Files that you need are in ( )

11. Student Data Disk • Hands-on exercises and homework may require data files • Available from • Prof. Leighton’s web site • Grauer’s and Barber’s web site • Class lectures require data files • Prof. Leighton's web site only Prof. Leighton

12. www.fordham.edu/economics/leighton

13. Select the link for Computer Applications • Select the link for Grade sheet • Email me

14. Computer Applications Web Page • Course outline is available • Student data files are available • Click on application

15. Downloading from Course Web Page • Files for lectures • Files for Hands-on-Exercises in text • Files for Homework Scroll Down!

17. www.prenhall.com/grauer

19. Warning: You will download all files for the application. You must have access to a hard drive, memory stick or a zip drive to do so.

20. Grades • Homework 40% • Lowest grades dropped • Two Mid-term Exams 20% • Final Exam 20% • KEEP ALL YOUR HOMEWORKS Prof. Leighton

21. Homework Policy • Assignments are accepted on the day they are due (or earlier) • Assignments are collected at the beginning of the period • No assignments are accepted after the last day of classes • Students turning in identical homework will NOTreceive credit for their work Prof. Leighton

22. Homework • Most assignments are turned-in as hard copy (paper) • A few are emailed to me as attachments • An assignment states if it is emailed • Do not email me your homework otherwise • Do email questions about work • Use clear subject topic Prof. Leighton

23. Excel Homework • All Excel assignments have either • Headers with the student’s name, the assignment and the date due in the upper right-hand corner • Cover page with the information • Always turn in the formula sheet for each Excel assignment (if there are formulas) • The formula sheet must have gridlines and row and column headings • The columns should be wide enough to see the entire formula Prof. Leighton

24. Workbook

25. Example of “Final Copy”

26. Formula Sheet

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