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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF6
ECONOMICS
2022/2023



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS


Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

- ACQUIRE THE MAIN TOOLS OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE
- ACQUIRE MAIN TOOLS FOR BUSINESS ORIENTED DECISION MAKING
- ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF STATISTICAL MODELING WITH APPLICATIONS TO REAL DATASETS

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO CASE STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND THE ADVANTAGES GAINED FROM APPLYING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO QUANTITATIVE PROBLEMS ARISING FROM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS

THE METHODOLOGIES COVERED IN THIS COURSE ARE WIDELY APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF FIRM-LEVEL MICROECONOMIC PROBLEMS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

THE CLASSES WILL FOCUS ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED APPLYING STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES ON REAL DATASETS. THE EMPHASIS WILL BE PUT ON THE USE OF GRAPHICAL TOOLS AND SUMMARY STATISTICS AS RELEVANT INFORMATION DEVICE SUPPORTING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

LEARNING SKILLS

THE LECTURE WILL AIM TO STIMULATE THE STUDENT'S QUANTITATIVE INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES. STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS NEEDED TO STUDY FURTHER QUANTITATIVE PROBLEMS WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF AUTONOMY.
Prerequisites
REQUIREMENTS: MATHEMATICS
Contents
MODULE I, DATA ANALYSIS: STATISTICAL SURVEY, FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIVARIATE DATA, LOCATION MEASURES, SCALE MEASURES, SHAPE MEASURES (SYMMETRY AND KURTOSIS), DISTRIBUTIONS FOR BIVARIATE DATA.

MODULE II, PROBABILITY: INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY THEORY, RANDOM VARIABLES (CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE), BASIC PROBABILITY MODELS, ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO LIMIT THEOREMS FOR SEQUENCE OF RANDOM VARIABLES.

MODULE III. INFERENCE: PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION, INTRODUCTION TO ESTIMATION THEORY, POINT ESTIMATION, HYPOTHESIS TESTING, CONFIDENCE INTERVALS, LINEAR MODELS (ESTIMATION AND TESTING)
Teaching Methods
ALL LECTURES (60 HOURES) WILL BE HELD IN CLASSROMM.
DURING THE COURSE THEORETICAL TOPICS ARE BALANCED WITH TEIR PRACTICAL ISSUES.
AT LEAST FOUR LECTURES WILL BE DEVOTED TO CASE STUDIES.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAM IS CHARACTERIZED BY TWO PARTS: THE WRITTEN AND THE ORAL EXAMINATION.
THE FIRST PART (1H AND 30 MIN) INCLUDES EXERCISES ON THE THREE MODULES OF THE COURSE WHEREAS THE ORAL PART (ABOUT 20 MIN) IS BASED ON AN INTERVIEW.
THE ORAL INTERVIEW CAN BE TAKEN IF THE STUDENT HAS PASSED THE WRITTEN EXAM WITH A MINIMUM SCORE OF 18.
THE FINAL SCORE IS THE MEAN OF THE SCORES OBTAINED AT THE FIRST AND SECOND PART OF THE EXAM.







Texts
CASELLA G. AND BERGER R.L., STATISTICAL INFERENCE, DUXBURY ADVANCED SERIES.
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