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◄Faculty of Economics and Administration►

Synopsis of Course This course covers special topics in statistics required by the
Contents student in his/her research. Typically these topics will be from
Industrial Statistics, Econometrics, Biostatistics or Social
Statistics. The main objective of the course is to develop
expertise in the statistical methodologies required to address a
specific objective in the analysis of data. The student learns to
define the related statistical problem of interest, identify and
assess various methodologies in the literature that address this
problem and then select the one best suited for his or her
research needs. For this method (or these methods), the student
investigates the theoretical and empirical developments as well
as its (their) application to a data set with given characteristics.
Finally, through the critical evaluation of findings, the student is
able to determine the appropriate statistical methodology to
address a specific objective in the analysis of data.
Assessment Continuous Assessment : 100%

Main References :
1. Greene, W. (2008) Econometric Analysis, New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 6th Edn
2. Johnson, R.A. and D. W. Wichern (2007) Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis. New
York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 6th Edn.
3. Deshpande, J. and S. Purohit, Lifetime Data: Statistical Models and Methods Singapore:
World Scientific (2006)

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