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	Study programmes 2010-2011 Last update : 11/04/2011
	STAT1218-1   Statistical methods for economics Duration :   12h Th, 12h Pr Credits/ECTS :   Advanced Master in Rural Economics and Sociology Second semester 2 Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year Second semester 2 Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st year Second semester 2 Master in Statistics : Biostatistics, professional focus , 1st year Second semester 2 Holder(s) :   Rodolphe Palm Language :   French language Course contents :   Descriptive statistics - mesures of central location, dispersion, concentration - index numbers Time series - decomposition methods - smoothing methods - ARIMA models Course objective :   To learn statistical tools particularly useful to economics. After completing the course the student is expected to - summarize data from the field of business and social sciences, - calculate index numbers, - analyse univariate time series by various approches. Prerequisites :   Basic skills in applied statistics, for example : -- STAT1207-1- Applied statistics Basic skills in computer science, for example : -- INFO2037-1- Introduction to computer science or -- HULG0149-1- Office automation Organization :   Lectures : 12h Practical Works : 12h Written notes :   - Syllabus. - DAGNELIE P. [2007]. Statistique théorique et appliquée. Tome 1 : statistique descriptive et bases de l'inférence statistique. Bruxelles. De Boeck, 511 p. Assessment :   Oral examination (20%) Personal report (80%) Contacts :   Palm, Rodolphe (Professeur) Enseignement et recherche 081 62 24 79 Rodolphe.Palm@ulg.ac.be Home Search by Faculty Search by teacher Search by course code and title
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