DSIM 405 Advannced Statistics and Econometrics
Cross listed with ECON 405. Prerequisites: DSIM201, DSIM 203RI, ECON 201, and ECON 202. Advanced statistics and econometrics is concerned with the combination of economic, mathematical, and computer techniques in the analysis of economic and business problems such as forecasting, demand and cost analyses, model-building, and testing empirical implications of theories. This course expands on the statistical analysis methods from DSIM 301. The emphasis of the course will be the application of economic theory through econometric modeling using real world data. The statistical topics covered include probability, descriptive and inferential statistics, linear regression, time series methods, multiple regression, and forecasting. Credit cannot be awarded for both DSIM 405 and ECON 405.