2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS2670 Statistics for Business and Economics 2

10 creditsClass Size: 161

Module manager: Dr Luisa Zanchi
Email: lz@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisites

LUBS1240

Mathematics and Statistics for Business and Economics 1

Co-requisites

LUBS2230

Mathematics for Business and Economics 2

This module is mutually exclusive with

LUBS2240

Mathematics and Statistics for Business and Economics 2

Module replaces

LUBS2240 Mathematics and Statistics for Business and Economics 2

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module, students will be able to: Demonstrate an extended knowledge of techniques in statistics; recognise and use more advanced techniques in statistics; apply more advanced techniques in statistics; analyse issues and solve problems in accounting, finance, economics, econometrics and management; and understand the literature in accounting, finance, economics, econometrics and management which utilises these techniques.

Syllabus

Multivariate analysis in accounting, finance, economics, econometrics and management; theory and applications of probability distributions; estimators and estimation and hypothesis testing applied to accounting, finance, economics, econometrics and management.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Example Class	8	1.00	8.00
Office Hour Discussions	11	1.00	11.00
Lecture	16	1.00	16.00
Private study hours			65.00
Total Contact hours			35.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

1.5 hours reading per lecture: 24 hours;
2 hours reading and preparation of homework per class: 16 hours;
Revision for mid-term test: 5 hours;
Examination revision: 20 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students are given the opportunity to submit 7 pieces of homework related to the examples sessions, which will be marked weekly throughout the course. Written solutions to the examples will be distributed at each session. There will also be a compulsory mid-term test in week 7, followed by a feedback session in week 9. Written solutions to the mid-term test will be distributed at the feedback session.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/03/2009

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