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ECON212-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012
Economic Statistics

15 points, 0.1250 EFTS
20 Feb 2012 - 24 Jun 2012 		↓Other occurrences

Description

Presentation and use of economic data. Index numbers, seasonal adjustment, forecasting and the business cycle.

Learning Outcomes

This course will cover statistical procedures applicable for the analysis of economic data, will access statistical sources and apply the techniques.  The objective is to make students familiar with common economic statistic sources; the popular techniques applied to them and an understanding of properties and loimitations.  While the course does provide a lead-in to the second semester course ECON213, "An Introduction to Econometrics", you should view the material covered here as being an integral part of your overall economics programme.

Pre-requisites

(1) ECON104 or ECON105 (2) 15 points from STAT courses or MSCI110

Timetable

Lectures
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Monday 10:00am-12:00pm F1 Lecture Theatre 20 Feb - 1 Apr,
23 Apr - 3 Jun

Labs
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 02 Thursday 11:00am-12:00pm Kirkwood KG03 (Computer Lab) 27 Feb - 1 Apr,
23 Apr - 3 Jun

Course Coordinator

Robin Harrison

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 25%
Data hunting assignment 5%
Test 1 30%
Test 2 40%

Textbooks

There is no prescribed text for the course although students are expected to have access to a text which they used for the prerequisite statistics course.

Fees

Domestic fee $655.00
International fee $2,888.00


For further information see Department of Economics and Finance.

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