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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Analysis of Economic Information

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 151-0351/03
Abbreviation AEI
Course title Analysis of Economic Information
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Václav Friedrich, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Statistical indicators, differences and indexes
2. Individual and aggregate indexes
3. Composite indexes
4. Indexes in the economic practice
5. Time series of indexes
6. Decomposition of the indexes and differences

All the themes are trained using selected practical examples and tasks.

E-learning

This subject is supported by e-learning course in LMS Moodle (http://lms.vsb.cz).

For students with ISP, the active participation in the exercise can be replaced by other means of control behalf of the individual agreement with the teacher at the beginning of the semester. Terms for tasks completion are mandatory for all the students without exception.

Literature

GIOVANNINI, Enrico. Understanding the World Economy: Through OECD Statistics. Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2008. ISBN 978-92-64-03312-2 . Available from: https://www.oecd.org/std/41746710.pdf
ALLEN, R G D. Index Numbers in Economic Theory and Practice. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017. ISBN 978-1349023134 .
WAGNER, William E. Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics for Research Methods and Social Science Statistics. 7th Edition. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2020. ISBN 978-1506389004 .

Advised literature

SCHUTT, Russell K. Understanding the Social World: Research Methods for the 21st Century. 2nd Edition. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2021. ISBN 978-1544334684 .
BALK, Bert M. Price and Quantity Index Numbers: Models for Measuring Aggregate Change and Difference. Reprint Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1107404960 .
PALLANT, Julie. SPSS Survival Manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using IBM SPSS. 7th Edition. London: Routledge, 2021. ISBN 978-0367719463 .


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