Statistics and Introductory Econometrics (L1022)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

This module provides an introduction to the statistical techniques used in economics, and includes computer-based applications.

Topics covered include:

• summarising and plotting data
• basic probability theory
• hypothesis testing
• correlation analysis; and
• bivariate and multiple regression analysis.

You are introduced in greater detail to the EXCEL spreadsheet package, which you will use for your assessed modulework.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 25 hours of contact time and about 125 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.