COMET Project: Creating Online Materials for Econometrics Teaching

Welcome to the public repository for our large TLEF project. This site stores our notebooks for the Jupyter-based project to support teaching introductory and intermediate econometrics courses at UBC. This project is funded by the University of British Columbia. The motivating "pitch" is as follows:

Currently, all economics students take several courses in the application of economic theory and models to data using statistical methods (econometrics). Many students struggle to engage with this material, particularly when it comes to practical applications and hands-on experience – putting them at a disadvantage following graduation or in more advanced courses. This project will address this challenge by creating a collection of hands-on modules designed around best practices for teaching statistics. These modules, focused on economic questions, models, and data, will use interactive notebook-based technologies (Jupyter) to synthesize analysis, discussion, and conceptualization into a single learning experience – appropriate for either laboratory or flipped classroom instruction. By adapting proven pedagogical strategies and integrating this material throughout the economics curriculum, students will better master these valuable skills. This project will also improve accessibility, by lowering costs and hardware requirements, and will produce a library of open educational resources for broader instructional needs.

You can find more information about this project on our website: comet.arts.ubc.ca

Important Documents

You can find the most important documents here, in our repository:

• The CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file contains our project and repository code of conduct, which is expected that all members and contributors follow.
• The LICENSE.md file contains our project's copyright information.

Repository Guidelines

This repository is currently a mirror of our notebooks and selected other material from our internal development website; it is used to deploy them via Binder, nbgitpuller, and Thebe.

Contact Information

You can find our most recent contact information on our website, or by emailing comet.project@ubc.ca