Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE HAS TWO AIMS: TO TEACH HOW TO INTERPRET THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND OF THEIR TENDENCIES THROUGH THE MAIN ECONOMIC STATISTICS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS; TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS TO THE BASIC METHODS TO ANALYSE ECONOMIC DATA.
IN PARTICULAR WE WILL CONCERN WITH THE PRODUCTION OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS, THE CLASSICAL ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES ANALYSIS, ALSO TO CORRECTLY PERFORM A SHORT-TERM ANALYSIS, THE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL AND ITS GENERALIZATIONS.
ALL CONCEPTS INTRODUCED WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH EMPIRICAL SECTIONS ON THE LATEST ITALIAN ECONOMIC DATA AND WITH COMPUTER LAB SECTIONS USING THE SOFTWARE R.