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Statistics for Economists
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Statistics for Economists The main objective of this course is to acquaint students with the basic techniques of statistical methods with strong emphasis on its application to economic theories and principles. The material covered in this course would enable students in not only testing the predictions of economic theories at an elementary level, but it would also help develop the basic skills necessary to take advanced courses like econometrics and growth models. Major topics covered in this course are measures of central tendency, probability, sampling design, estimation techniques, analysis of variance, non-parametric statistics, and Bayesian analysis. It is expected that after the completion of this course, students would be comfortable in handling and analyzing data and use of estimation techniques. No prerequisite for this course is required. However, basic knowledge of statistics will be an added advantage. |
| Credit hours/ Marks:- 3 |
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