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 316-352 Quantitative Business Analysis

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Associate Professor J Hirshberg

Prerequisites

316-205 Introductory Econometrics or 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours of lectures, seminars and tutorials a week

Subject Description

This subject examines multivariate statistical analysis of business and financial data using statistical computer programs. The techniques covered include: multivariate graphics, analysis of variance, regression, univariate time series models, logistic regression, principal components, cluster analysis and factor analysis.

Assessment

A 2-hour examination (80%) and class assignments (20%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Afifi and Clark, Computer-Aided Multivariate Analysis. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990.
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