ECON 104: Data Science for Economists

Course Notes and Discussion Materials

Author

Jake Anderson

Published

March 3, 2026

Modified

May 17, 2026

Welcome to the course notes for ECON 104. I update these weekly to bridge the gap between the textbook, lecture notes, and exam problems.

Textbook

I follow the fifth edition of Principles of Econometrics by R. Carter Hill, William E. Griffiths, and Guay C. Lim (HGL). I reference their figures, pages, and examples when helpful.

Slides

Per-topic decks are linked at the bottom of each chapter page. The links below are merged chapter bundles, one PDF concatenating every topic deck for that chapter.

HGL Chapter Topic Bundle
8 Heteroskedasticity PDF
9 Time-Series Data PDF
10 Endogeneity and IV PDF
11 Simultaneous Equations PDF
15 Panel Data PDF
16 Qualitative and Limited DV PDF

Acknowledgements

I thank all past TAs and instructors of Econ 104 at UCLA for their notes, problems, and shared resources. I hope this is helpful to future students and TAs. All errors are mine, please email me at jakeanderson@g.ucla.edu with corrections.