316-205 Introductory Econometrics

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

316-130 Quantitative Methods 1.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

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

Subject Description

Topics include review of calculus and statistics; F and χ2 distributions; simple linear regression model; multiple linear regression model; hypothesis testing, forecasting, diagnostics with regression models (including heteroskedasticity and serial correlation), and illustration in Eviews to examples drawn from economics, finance, accounting, marketing and management.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%); assignments not exceeding 50 pages in total (20%); and a mark based on tutorial attendance and participation (10%).

Prescribed Texts

To be advised.



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