Review:
Prof. Garman is very dedicated to teaching and shows extraordinary concern with every student's progress. His lectures make the rather dry material more interesting. Prof. Garman makes a great effort to be available to students outside of class. I learned a lot in this course, and would recommend it to any Economics or Quantitative Economics Major.

Workload:
The workload is considerable. In order to understand the material you really need to do the readings (approx. 1 chapter per week). there were weekly 5-minute quizzes and a weekly homework, which usually consisted of 1-3 problems. there are 2 midterms and a non-cumulative final. grading was very fair.

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Review:
I think from reading the other reviews on Professor Zabel, people who took him for Stats hate him, while people who took him for Econometrics think he's awesome. So I'd recommend taking him for Econometrics, cuz he is awesome in this subject. Its probably because he has a passion for econometrics, which is his line of work. He does regression analysis for stuff like the environment and housing starts, as well as education, and for the faculty's wages. He isn't always the greatest teacher in getting everything across, but that also has to do with the course being the hardest in the econ department. He has good humor, and is very helpful if you ask him questions. This is honestly the best class I?ve taken as an econ major. It'll make your econ major much more worthwhile.

Workload:
Problem sets are insanely time consuming, there are six of them, and they take around 6-10 hours. The good thing is that they really help you understand everything. You also have to use the statistics program STATA for them. The assignments are not straightforward, so you will definitely have to ask the teacher questions at times. No paper, two midterms, and a final project.

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Review:
Clearly Econometrics is a difficult subject, but I have to say this was my single FAVORITE economics class I've taken at Tufts, and I'm a Quant Ec major. The reason is Prof. Zabel. While some may find him harsh and unwilling to help, I found him exactly the opposite. He consistently cracked jokes in class and had a level of respect for students higher than that of most professors. If you can't handle good-natured ribbing, then you should probably shy away, but every time I visited him with questions he was very helpful, and ALWAYS encouraged students to come to him for help, especially on the Empirical Project at the end of the semester. Please take the poor reviews of Prof Zabel with a grain of salt. If you have any affinity for statistics and aren't looking to blame your poor performance in the class on the Prof, you will probably love Zabel.

Workload:
Weekly problem sets, 2 quizzes, 2 midterms and a final empirical project.

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Review:
I feel that some of the bad reviews of Professor Zabel are unwarranted. His course is one of the most challenging in the economics department, and he expects much from his students. I agree that he assigns a heavy workload, and the average exam grades hover around 70. However, I for one did not come to Tufts to have my hand held through my classes. Zabel engages the class more often than many of his colleagues in the department, and he is quite fair. One negative is that it can be burdensome to print out all the notes for the class (I stopped midway through the semester), but he covers a lot of ground throughout the semester. I learned more and worked harder in Zabel's class than in many other economics courses.

Workload:
Weekly homework assignments, two exams, final empirical project. More work than an average class.

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