Description
Aims: To provide students with a thorough understanding of core techniques of quantitative economics and econometrics and their application to test economic theories and measure magnitudes relevant for economic policy and other decisions, as a foundation for subsequent study of quantitative topics within the degree programme, and as one of the key elements in the professional training of an economist.
Suitable for: Compulsory for 2nd year BSc Economics (L100, L101 and L102) and 3rd year Economics and Statistics (LG13) students. Can be taken by 2nd or 3rd year Economics and Geography (LL17) and Philosophy and Economics (VL51) students, and Mathematics with Economics (G1L1 and G1LC) students.
Pre-requisites: ECON0002: Economics, ECON0005: Statistical Methods in Economics, ECON0004: Applied Economics (or equivalents).
Assumed knowledge: Students should know the basic probability and statistics: probability models, conditional probability, independence, Bayes rule; discrete and continuous random variables; sampling and sampling distributions, point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing; calculus at the level taught at ECON0010/ECON0006.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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