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 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr R. Dixon

Prerequisites

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

Semester

Semester 1, repeated Summer (view timetable)

Contact

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

Subject Description

Regression including logits, time series, index numbers, statistics for managers, marketing, accounting, finance and economics. Business simulation. 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
  • Levine, D., Berenson, M., and Stephan, D., Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel. latest ed. Prentice Hall.
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