Undergraduate - UnitETC1010 - Data modelling and computing

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Colin O'Hare

Synopsis

Introduction to principles and techniques for modelling business and economic data. Modelling in business and finance using computers, spreadsheet modelling of business problems, organising and accessing data efficiently. Modelling in economics and finance, multiple regression as a tool for modelling macroeconomic and microeconomic decisions, elasticities and statistical evaluation of policy, time series modelling with application to finance. Introduction to Actuarial Studies as an approach to building quantitative models of risk.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

apply principles and techniques of data management with computers and spreadsheet modelling to business and economic decision-making
interpret and evaluate relationships between variables using simple and multiple linear regression
apply statistical techniques for making decisions with quantitative and categorical data in business and economics.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Colin O'Hare

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

ETC1000

Prohibitions

ETW1010, ETC9010