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 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2

Prerequisites

316-130 Quantitative Methods 1. Students may not gain credit for both 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2 and 316-205 Introductory Econometrics.

Semester

1

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Subject Description

Regression, time series, index numbers, studies of the sources, nature and applications of Australian statistics. Hypothesis testing using the t- and chi-squared distributions. Analysis of variance.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (80%); assignments not exceeding 50 pages in total (10%); and a mark based on tutorial attendance and participation (10%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Hamburg M and P Young, Statistical Analysis for Decision Making. latest ed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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