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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Research Methods and Computer Applications
ECON5024
3
0
6

Description
Part I: Research Methods, Writing Skills and Co m puters Introduction to RM; Preparing the research proposal; Data t y pes and Data m anage m ent; Introduction to co m puters; Word processing and Presentation skills. Part II: Co m pu ter Applications Anal y sis of cross - section data and applications: Data m anage m ent and pr o cessing, Li m ited dependent variables m odels, Applications: Ti m e - series anal y sis and results interpr e tation: Data generating processes, Co integration, VAR, VECM, Varia nce m odels, Si m u ltaneous equat i ons m odels and GMM, Applications: Panel data econo m etrics: one - way and two - way error co m ponent regression m odels, H y pothesis testing, Applications. Various econo m etric software packages will be used. and Co m puters Introduction to RM; Preparing the research proposal; Data t y pes and Data m anage m ent; Introduction to co m puters; Word processing and Presentation skills. Part II: Co m pu ter Applications Anal y sis of cross - section data and applications: Data m anage m ent and pr o cessing, Li m ited dependent variables m odels, Applications: Ti m e - series anal y sis and results interpr e tation: Data generating processes, Co integration, VAR, VECM, Varia nce m odels, Si m u ltaneous equat i ons m odels and GMM, Applications: Panel data econo m etrics: one - way and two - way error co m ponent regression m odels, H y pothesis testing, Applications. Various econo m etric software packages will be used.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Department of Economics and Statistics
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: DILMAHOMED BOCUS Bibi Swaleha
Telephone: 4037400
Email: s.dilmahomed@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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