This course is designed to equip students for analyzing real life data, related to economics in particular and social science in general. It will acquaint the students with advanced techniques in cross-section and panel-data analysis as well as implementation of theory through software applications (STATA) to gear them towards execution of independent research projects. Topics include dealing with model specification, program evaluation, instrumental variables, and limited dependent variables. Pre-req: ECO-2400 (Econometrics)