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Course unit
BUSINESS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA
SCP7079231, A.A. 2019/20
Information concerning the students who enrolled in A.Y. 2018/19
ECTS: details
Type |
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector |
Credits allocated |
Educational activities in elective or integrative disciplines |
SECS-S/03 |
Statistics for Economics |
6.0 |
Course unit organization
Period |
First semester |
Year |
2nd Year |
Teaching method |
frontal |
Type of hours |
Credits |
Teaching hours |
Hours of Individual study |
Shifts |
Lecture |
6.0 |
48 |
102.0 |
No turn |
Examination board
Examination board not defined
Prerequisites:
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Basic statistics: descriptive statistics and probability. Inferential statistics: estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. |
Target skills and knowledge:
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This course aims at introducing the students to the main statistical features and concepts underlying the analysis of data collected over time, as well as providing the basic statistical solutions to analyse such data in economic, financial and business settings. |
Examination methods:
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Homework and Final Presentation. |
Assessment criteria:
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Students will be evaluated according to their level of knowledge of some tools and techniques to analyse economic, financial or business data and their ability to apply them to real cases. |
Course unit contents:
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Decomposing and analysing economic time series: latent component approaches and ARMA modelling.
Enhancing the analysis of economic and financial time series data: some case studies.
Business and marketing data analyses: the joint use of cross-sectional and temporal dimension and the introduction of dynamic modelling. |
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
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Lectures and Laboratories. Working in groups. |
Additional notes about suggested reading:
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Notes prepared by the teaching staff will be uploaded throughout the course. |
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings) |
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Fitzmaurice G.M., Laird N.M. and J.H. Ware, Applied Longitudinal Analysis. --: Wiley, 2011. 2nd ed.
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Leeflang P.S.H., Wittink D.R., Wedel M. and P.A. Naert, Building Models for Marketing Decisions. --: Springer, 2000.
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Martin V., Hurn S. and D. Harris, Econometric Modelling with Time Series: Specification, Estimation and Testing. --: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Wooldridge J.M., Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data. --: The MIT Press, 2010. 2nd ed.
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