Course description :

This intermediate statistics course is intended to give students familiarity with statistical tools used to analyze data in a variety of disciplines, including economics, and provides experience reading and understanding studies based on data analysis. Topics include examining data (reliability and validity test), explanatory factor analysis, cluster analysis, multiple regression analysis, multiple discriminant analysis, logistic regression, and structural equation modeling. These topics are explored using the statistical package SPSS, with a focus on understanding how to use and interpret SPSS output.