316-352 Quantitative Business Analysis

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316-352 Quantitative Business Analysis
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Associate Professor J Hirschberg
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, logistic regression, principal components, cluster analysis and factor analysis. Computer software used is SPSS.
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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