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Statistics for Economics

When you'll study it
Semester 2
CATS points
15
ECTS points
7.5
Level
Level 4
Module lead
Thomas Gall
Academic year
2025-26

Module overview

All economics students, on both single and joint honours programmes, take this course. It is optional for students outside of economics. The module is designed to prepare students for the econometrics modules taken in second and third year. It also complements the economics modules taken in by students in first and second year. It provides an introduction to the topic of statistics, with reference to economics examples. It then covers more advanced topics leading up to regression analysis.

The course content is as follows: describing data; probability; discrete random variables; continuous random variables; sampling; estimation; hypothesis testing; simple regression and multiple regression.

One of the pre-requisites for MATH2040, MATH3085, ECON1021, ECON2001, ECON2002, ECON2003, ECON2004, ECON2026 and ECON3016.

Linked modules

Co-requisites: ECON1005 and ECON1008