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ECN 143:Notes:Day 1
ECN 143:Notes:Day 1
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
01/11/2016

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What is the instructor's name?
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Dr. W. David Allen
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Where is the instructor's office?
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BAB310
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What are the three parts of Microeconomics 143?
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Introduction to Markets and the Consumer

Theory of the Firm

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How many quizzes are in the class?
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Four
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Are there make-ups for quizzes?
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No
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How many tests are there?
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Three
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When should you ask questions you have about your notes?
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At the beginning of class
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How much are quizzes and homework sets worth?
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Twenty Points
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How much are tests worth?
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One hundred points
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If you miss class when a homework set is given what do you score on the homework set?
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Zero points
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How many homework sets are there?
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Five
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How many points is the final test worth?
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120 points
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What does Part One of Tests Consist of?
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Multiple Choice Items
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What does Part Two of Tests consist of?
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Critical thinking and analysis of concepts.
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When is a homework set due?
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One week after it is assigned
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Can you keep track of class progress online using canvas?
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No
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Can you reschedule an exam?
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Yes, if done in advance.
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If you are interested in supplement knowledge relevant to the class, where can you find it online?
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cba.uah.edu/allend
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What is the instructor's email?
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allend@uah.edu
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Are the tests comprehensive?
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The first two, not so much, the third one, yes.
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What does today's introduction cover?
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Graphics, Mathematics, and Thinking
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What does Economics Involve?
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Many Variables
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How do economic variables seem to appear?
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Very Chaotic
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What are economic thinkers interested in?
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The relationships between economic variables
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What do economic thinkers use to help understand the relationship between variables?
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Diagrams
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What are the three analytical tools of economics?
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Language, Graphics, Mathematics
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Variables in a sample can have three possible relationships?
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Direct relationship, Inverse relationship, or no relationship.
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What are direct variables?
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Variables that move in the same direction
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What are examples of variables with direct relationships?
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Consumption and Disposable Income
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Price and Quantity of Supply
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Labor Input and Production Output
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Total Cost of Production and Production Costs
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What does y equal when referring to a direct relationship, indirect relationship, and no relationship between variables?
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Y equals f(x)
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What is an inverse relationship between variables?
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When variables move in opposite directions
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What are examples of inverse variable relationships?
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Price and Quantity Demanded
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Interest Rate and Quantity of Capital Demanded
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Decision to Buy More of One Good and Decision to Buy Less of Another Good
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What is Slope?
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A ratio of absolute changes in a function. The change in y over the change in x.
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The distance across the x-axis from one point to another is what?
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The Change in x
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What is the Change in y?
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The distance across the y-axis from one point to another.
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How are variables that are directly related graph?
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As a positively sloped function.
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How do variables that are inversely related graph?
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As a negatively sloped function.
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If change in y and change in x are both positive or both negative then the slope is what?
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Positive
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If the change in y and the change in x are one positive and one negative then the slope is what?
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Negative
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Can a function represent multiple relationships?
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Yes
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If there is no slope then what is the relationship?
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There is no relationship
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If there is no change in y then there is no what?
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Slope
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What type of slope does a curve have?
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A variable slope
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What are tangent lines?
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The infinite number of lines that intersect at a point with the curve that has its own slope which can be used to determine the relationship of the point of a curve.
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No relationship can indicate what of a curve?
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Its maximum and/or minimum
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