Bachelor
2022/2023
Applied Statistics
Type:
Compulsory course (International Business and Management Studies)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Economics
When:
2 year, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Гарипова Фарида Габдулхаевна,
Konstantin Kholodilin,
Elena Taraskina,
Tatyana Zhuravleva
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
36
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This discipline belongs to the professional cycle (Major) disciplines (B.PC), its basic part (B.PC.B).
The study of this discipline is based on the following disciplines:
• economic theory,
• mathematics,
• theory of probability and mathematical statistics.
To master the discipline students must have the following knowledge and competencies:
• Able to learn, acquire new knowledge, skills, including in a field other than professional (MC-1).
• Is able to solve problems in professional activity on the basis of analysis and synthesis (MC-3).
• Is able to work with information: find, evaluate and use information from different sources necessary for solving scientific and professional tasks (including systematic approach) (CB-5).
• Is able to choose tools for information processing in accordance with the scientific task, analyze the results of calculations and justify the obtained conclusions (PC-32).
The main provisions of the discipline should be used in the further study of the disciplines:
• econometrics,
• institutional economics,
• economics of the public sector,
• international economics,
• labor economics.
Learning Objectives
- The objectives of the discipline "Applied Statistics" are: • gaining students' knowledge of the properties of statistical data; • to acquire students' knowledge of the methods of descriptive statistical analysis; • to study the basic methods of regression analysis, their advantages and disad-vantages.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Justifies the plan of data search for statistical research of real economic situation, forms the system of initial indicators, prepares the data matrix according to the set analytical task, masters the skills of material structuring, checks information from different sources for methodological comparability
- Can find data in open databases
- Can meet the requirements for written work
- Demonstrates the ability to identify the cause-and-effect relations of indicators on the basis of firm reports, and to build a suitable model on this basis.
- Can make cross-country comparisons
- Can use different application data pro-cessing packages
- Can collect, process, and aggregate statistical data
Course Contents
- Subject matter and method of statistics. General information about statistical observation
- Summary statistics
- Statistical study of relationships
- Sampling and parameter estimation
- Confidence intervals
- Tests of statistical significance
- Linear regression and least squares method
Assessment Elements
- Research projectprojects carried out in small groups of up to 5 personas
- Testsindividual work carried out in LMS 10 minutes during lecture
- Final testmultiple-choice test
- Reviewreview of outher group's project in small groups of up to 5 persons
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.3 * Research project + 0.3 * Final test + 0.1 * Review + 0.3 * Tests
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Introduction to econometrics, Stock, J. H., 2003
- Прикладная статистика : Учебник, Орлов, А.И., 2006
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Corbett, J. (2002). Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 1983. CSISS Classics. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ADE6E165
- Steven Feiner, S. Card, J. Mackinlay, & G. Robertson. (2009). 1812. (Popularized by E Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.CF0DC995