Online Courses Handbook 2003

10836 (v.2) Introductory Econometrics 211

Area:	School of Economics and Finance
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1234 (v.3) Economics 100 or any previous version
Introduction to econometrics. Review of elementary statistics. The two variable regression model. The multiple regression model. Using the multiple regression model. Serial correlation. Heteroscedasticity. Autocorrelation. Multicollinearity. Dummy variables and truncated variables. Introduction to simultaneous equation models. Introduction to errors in variables. Introduction to diagnostic checking, model selection and specification testing.