ECON 214 — Elements Of Statistics For Economists
Economics · University of Ghana
We will look at the scope of statistics, collection, classification, tabulations and presentation of data. Frequency distributions, graphical presentation and the lorenz curve will be given attention. Measures of location, dispersion and skewness will also be examined. Probability, sets, experiments, events, sample space, conditional probability, statistical independence, random variable and elementary treatment of distributions, inclding Binomial, Poisson and Chi-square distributions will be covered. Simple Random sampling, the central limit theorem and Normal distribution will also be treated. We will also focus on estimation and tests of significance, including correlation coefficient, rank correlational point estimation, biasedness, consistency and Type I and II errors as well as Simple linear regression, tests of hypotheses concerning means, proportions, variances, significance levels and t and f tests. Confidence intervals for means, association and contingency tables will also be looked at.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ECON 211 — Elements Of Economics I (Pre-req: ECON 101)
- ECON 212 — Elements Of Economics II
- ECON 213 — Elements Of Mathematics For Economists
- ECON 215 — Economy of Ghana I
- ECON 216 — Economy of Ghana II
- ECON 101 — Introduction to Economics I
- ECON 102 — Introduction to Economics II
- ECON 311 — Microeconomic Theory I (Pre-req: EC0N 211 and ECON 213)
- ECON 312 — Microeconomic Theory II
- ECON 313 — Macroeconomic Theory I (Pre-req: ECON 212 and ECON 213)
- ECON 314 — Macroeconomic Theory II
- ECON 315 — Applied Mathematics For Economists
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).