Module Identifier | EC10910 | ||
Module Title | STATISTICS FOR ECONOMISTS | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Ms Molly Scott Cato | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | AC10410 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 12 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 15 Hours | ||
Practical | 5 Hours | ||
Practical | 5 Hours | ||
Assessment | Exam | 1.5 Hours | 80% |
Course work | 20% |
Aims
To give students an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and to help them understand the purpose and meaning of statistics. The module is designed to make students familiar with the various statistics used in economics and will give them a preliminary introduction to the statistical computer program SPSS.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the students will:
Module outline
The current year's module outline can be found via The School's website
Reading Lists
Books
McClave, Benson and Sincich. (1998)
Statistics for Business and Economics. Prentice-Hall ISBN 013-840-300-5
M Barrow.
Statistics for Economics. Longman
Perry R Hinton.
Statistics Explained. Routledge
G Bancroft and M Fletcher.
Improve your Maths!. Longman
M J Norusis.
SPSS 10 Guide to Data Analysis. Prentice-Hall