Quantitative Methods 2
Subject 316-206 (2008)
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| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: Summer Term, - Taught on campus.
Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Semester 1 and 2: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week; Summer Semester: Two 2-hour lectures and two 1-hour tutorials per week for six weeks Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1 or 620-131 Scientific Programming and Simulation or 620-160 Experimental Design and Data Analysis or 620-159 Data Analysis 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability |
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Dr M Coelli, Mr H Kew| Subject Overview: | This subject provides students with background mathematical and statistical skills necessary for solving a wide range of commerce problems. It draws heavily on examples from accounting, management and marketing and, to a lesser extent, economics and finance. Topics include: review of statistics; tests of the location of populations; simple and multiple regression for use with time series and cross section data, including interpretation of estimates, hypothesis testing and forecasting, an introduction to diagnostics; Logit models; an introduction to time series methods; and seasonality. |
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| Assessment: | A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%), assignments not exceeding 20 pages in total (15%), a mid-semester exam (5%), and a mark based on tutorial attendance and participation (10%). |
| Prescribed Texts: | Prescribed Texts:To be advised. |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is a level 2 or level 3 subject and is not available to new generation degree students as a breadth option in 2008. This subject or an equivalent will be available as breadth in the future. Breadth subjects are currently being developed and these existing subject details can be used as guide to the type of options that might be available. 2009 subjects to be offered as breadth will be finalised before re-enrolment for 2009 starts in early October. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
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| Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts Graduate Diploma in Economics |
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