Teaching - Università Roma Tre

STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS (objectives)

Code

21201505

Language

ITA

Type of certificate

Profit certificate

Credits

9

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

SECS-S/01

Contact Hours

60

Type of Activity

Core compulsory activities

Derived from	21201505 STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS in Economics L-33 N0 BARBIERI MARIA MADDALENA (syllabus) Main official statistical surveys: data production and interpretation. In particular: Consumer prices, Industrial production, Labour force, Household consumptions, Income and living conditions, Household Income and Wealth, National accounts. Main statistical indicators for economic phenomena: (simple and complex) index numbers, measures of concentration. Calendar adjusted and seasonal adjusted time series. Chain-linked values. The use of moving averages to reconstruct the trend. Introduction to econometrics. Single and multiple Linear Regression: ordinary least squares, goodness of fit, homoscedasticity and heteroscedasticity, nonlinear regression functions. An introduction to the use of R for statistical analysis. (reference books) Class notes. Press releases (Istat - Banca d'Italia). Stock J.H. and Watson M.W., Introduction to Econometrics, Update, Global edition, 3rd Edition, 2014, Pearson.
Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities	From 01/10/2015 to 20/12/2015
Delivery mode	Traditional
Attendance	not mandatory
Evaluation methods	Written test