This course introduces students to the art and science of statistics. Topics covered are: the collection and compilation of data, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and simple regression and correlation. Teaching is accompanied by computer applications using MINITAB software.
ECON1009
SOCI1007and ECON1009 are pre-requisite courses for some of the Level 2 courses in the programme. You should aim to complete both of these courses at the Summer offer.
Assessment:100% Continuous Assessment.
ECON1010
Assessment:
Coursework - 60%, Final Exam - 40% (face-to-face)
Political Science students are asked to take this course in semester 2.
The summer offering will depend on the students’ registration number.
ECON3051
This course seeks to introduce students to some of the more topical issues in economic development in the contemporary period. It examines the meaning of development and the major concerns of development economists over time. On completing this course students will be able to evaluate different interpretations of economic development.
ECON3080
This course extends on the introductory and intermediate courses completed in Levels 1 and 2, respectively. It is the first course presented as a specialization in the Psychology programme. This course covers the design of experiments in psychology and appropriate statistical methods to analyse the data. This course will include training in analysis of variance, regression analysis, factor analysis and more advanced statistical methods employed in psychology such as path modelling.
