| Responsible Department | Institute of Food and Resource Economics | ||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 2 year to BSc. 3 year | ||||||||||||
| Duration | Outside schedule | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | BSc | ||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Portfolio Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: The exam is a 48 hours take home exam and is placed the week after the course. Weight: 100% 7-point scale, no second examiner | ||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Summer Course Week Structure: Outside schedule, Summer Course week 33 and 34 (12/8-13 to 23/8-13 both dates inclusive). The exam will be in the following week 35. | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| No Credit Points With | Tema: Anvendt Økonomisk Analyse, 290038 | ||||||||||||
| Mandatory Prerequisites | Students should have followed courses in introductory statistics, mathematic and introductory economics | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| The course focuses on data analysis by using the linear regression model. Emphasis will be put on obtaining an intuitive understanding of the regression model, in particular in order to be able to interpret the parameters of the regression model. The course will also focus on applying the regression model to concrete economic problems. | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| The course will consist of a mix of lectures and exercises. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| The purpose of this course is to give students an insight into how to apply statistical methods and models to a relevant topic in economics working with economic data. After completing the course the student should be able to: Knowledge: - explain the basic econometrics concepts in relation to the linear regression model Skills: - Apply data to analyse specific economic problems - perform estimations and hypothesis test of parameters in linear regression models Competences: - do basic econometric analyses - interpret the results from basic econometric analyses and make relevant conclusion based upon these | |||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||
| Jeffrey M. Wooldridge. Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, South-Western. | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Sinne Smed, ss@foi.ku.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Consumption, Health and Ethics Unit, Phone: 353-36849 | |||||||||||||
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