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• Course Type: Certificate Course

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                                                                                                                   BASICS TOOLS FOR ECONOMICS RESEARCH

                                                                                                                                                        SYLLABUS

                                                                                                                                       No. of Hours-30

                           This course is designed to equip the students with basic quantitative tools which enables students to pursue research in Economics. In the context of fast growing Economies and ever changing relationships, Economics and its Research has become increasingly tedious job demanding the help of various quantitative tools. This syllabus helps the students who pursue their introductory studies in Econometrics too.

 

Module I

Research-meaning-Definition-Research process-Primary and Secondary data-Methods of Data collection-Census and Sampling methods.                                                                              (7Hrs.)

Module II

 Basic Probability Theory-Modern Approach to Probability-Theoretical Probability Distributions-Normal Distribution                                                                                                                                   (13 Hrs.)                                                 

Module III

Correlation-Concepts- Types of correlation-Karl Pearson Co Efficient Correlation-Spearman’s Rank Correlation-Regression Analysis (Overview only)                                                                   (10 Hrs.)