\documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{Madrid} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{datetime} \usepackage{tcolorbox} \tcbuselibrary{skins, breakable} \newdate{nextTuesday}{26}{08}{2025} \title{ECON 4530/5530 \\ Computational Economics} \author{University of Wyoming} \date{\displaydate{nextTuesday}} \begin{document} % Title Slide \begin{frame} \titlepage \end{frame} % Contact Info Slide \begin{frame}{Contact Information} \begin{tcolorbox}[ enhanced, colback=blue!5, colframe=blue!60!black, boxrule=0.8pt, arc=4pt, width=\textwidth, title=\textbf{Instructor: Alex Gebben (AG)}, fonttitle=\bfseries, breakable ] \begin{itemize} \item \textbf{Office:} BU 362 \item \textbf{Email:} \texttt{agebben@uwyo.edu} \item \textbf{Phone:} 307-766-4136 \item \textbf{Office Hours:} Monday \& Friday 1:00–2:30, other times by appointment \end{itemize} \end{tcolorbox} \end{frame} % Workflow Diagram Slide \begin{frame}{Steps of an Economic Analysis} \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[ node distance=1.5cm and 2.5cm, every node/.style={draw, rounded corners, text centered, minimum width=3.8cm, minimum height=1cm, font=\small}, designstyle/.style={fill=blue!20}, datastyle/.style={fill=orange!20}, analysisstyle/.style={fill=teal!20}, reportstyle/.style={fill=yellow!40, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries} ] % Fixed layout with overlays \onslide<1->{\node[designstyle] (q) at (-3,1.8) {Economic Question};} \onslide<2->{\node[designstyle] (sd) at (-3,0) {Strategy and Design};} \onslide<3->{\node[datastyle] (dc) at (-3,-1.8) {Data Collection};} \onslide<4->{\node[datastyle] (clean) at (-3,-3.6) {Data Cleaning};} \onslide<5->{\node[analysisstyle] (explore) at (3,0.9) {Exploration};} \onslide<6->{\node[analysisstyle] (analysis) at (3,-0.9) {Analysis};} \onslide<7->{\node[reportstyle] (report) at (3,-2.7) {Final Report and Figures};} % Solid arrows \onslide<2->{\draw[->, thick] (q) -- (sd);} \onslide<3->{\draw[->, thick] (sd) -- (dc);} \onslide<4->{\draw[->, thick] (dc) -- (clean);} \onslide<5->{ \draw[->, thick] (clean.east) -- ++(1.5,0) |- (explore.west); } \onslide<6->{\draw[->, thick] (explore) -- (analysis);} \onslide<7->{\draw[->, thick] (analysis) -- (report);} % Dashed feedback arrow: Exploration → Economic Question \onslide<8->{ \draw[->, thick, dashed] (explore.north) -- ++(0,1.2) -- ++(-6.0,0) -- (q.north); } % Dashed feedback arrow: Data Collection → Strategy and Design (right-angled, clean) \onslide<9->{ \draw[->, thick, dashed] (dc.east) -- ++(1.2,0) -- ++(0,1.8) -- ++(-0.6,0) -- (sd.east); } \end{tikzpicture} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{Section One Topics} \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[ node distance=1.5cm and 2.5cm, every node/.style={draw, rounded corners, text centered, minimum width=3.8cm, minimum height=1cm, font=\small}, designstyle/.style={fill=blue!20}, datastyle/.style={fill=orange!20}, analysisstyle/.style={fill=teal!20, opacity=0.3}, reportstyle/.style={fill=yellow!40, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries, opacity=0.3}, fadedarrow/.style={->, thick, opacity=0.3} ] % Title above left column % Left column nodes \node[designstyle] (q) at (-3,1.8) {Economic Question}; 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\draw[fadedarrow] (dc) -- ++(clean); %\onslide<1->{\draw[->, thick] (dc) -- (clean);} \end{tikzpicture} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \begin{enumerate} \item{temp} \end{enumerate} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Economic Question} \centering \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \begin{tikzpicture}[ node distance=1.5cm and 2.5cm, every node/.style={draw, rounded corners, text centered, minimum width=3.8cm, minimum height=1cm, font=\small}, designstyle/.style={fill=blue!20}, designstyle_blur/.style={fill=blue!20, opacity=0.3}, designstyle_bold/.style={fill=blue!20, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries}, datastyle/.style={fill=orange!20}, datastyle_blur/.style={fill=orange!20, opacity=0.3}, datastyle_bold/.style={fill=orange!20, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries }, analysisstyle/.style={fill=teal!20, opacity=0.3}, reportstyle/.style={fill=yellow!40, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries, opacity=0.3}, fadedarrow/.style={->, thick, opacity=0.3} ] % Title above left column % Left column nodes \node[designstyle_bold] (q) at (-3,1.8) {Economic Question}; 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Who is the audience? \begin{itemize} \onslide<2->\item{Do coal prices affect Wyoming employment?} \onslide<3->\item{\only<3-5>{What factors affect Wyoming tourism?}\only<6->{\textbf{What factors affect Wyoming tourism?}}} \onslide<4->\item{How to increase company sales?} \onslide<5->\item{What will the price of bitcoin be in each of the next 10 years?} \end{itemize} \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Strategy and Design} \centering \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \begin{tikzpicture}[ node distance=1.5cm and 2.5cm, every node/.style={draw, rounded corners, text centered, minimum width=3.8cm, minimum height=1cm, font=\small}, designstyle/.style={fill=blue!20}, designstyle_blur/.style={fill=blue!20, opacity=0.3}, designstyle_bold/.style={fill=blue!20, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries}, datastyle/.style={fill=orange!20}, datastyle_blur/.style={fill=orange!20, opacity=0.3}, datastyle_bold/.style={fill=orange!20, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries }, analysisstyle/.style={fill=teal!20, opacity=0.3}, reportstyle/.style={fill=yellow!40, thick, draw=black, font=\bfseries, opacity=0.3}, fadedarrow/.style={->, thick, opacity=0.3} ] % Title above left column % Left column nodes \node[designstyle_blur] (q) at (-3,1.8) {Economic Question}; \node[designstyle_bold] (sd) at (-3,0) {Strategy and Design}; \node[datastyle_blur] (dc) at (-3,-1.8) {Data Collection}; \node[datastyle_blur] (clean) at (-3,-3.6) {Data Cleaning}; % arrows \draw[fadedarrow] (q) -- ++(sd); \draw[fadedarrow] (sd) -- ++(dc); \draw[fadedarrow] (dc) -- ++(clean); \end{tikzpicture} \end{column} \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth} \only<1-6>{\textbf{Making a plan} \begin{itemize} \onslide<1->\item{Analyses method selection} \onslide<2->\item{What computer language to use} \onslide<3->\item{What data will you need \emph{ideally}?} \onslide<4->\item{Is the data available?} \onslide<5->\item{How hard is it to get the data?} \onslide<6->\item{How hard is the data to use?} \end{itemize} \onslide<6->{Should you rethink the strategy?} \onslide<6->{Should you change the question?} } \only<7->{Linear Regression \newline R would work well \textbf{Ideal Data} \begin{enumerate} \item{Skiing numbers} \item{Temperature} \item{Air quality} \item{Snow fall} \item{Road closures} \item{Distance travelled of visitors} \item{Income} \item{Population trends} \item{Skiing trends in other states} \end{enumerate} Narrow focus } \end{column} \end{columns} \end{frame} \end{document}