Last modified: 15 Jan 2026 12:16
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| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
60-minute MCQ test |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Make informed, justified choices in quantitative approaches to financial and economic issues, demonstrating intellectual independence and sound reasoning. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically evaluate and apply concepts of probability, estimation, and hypothesis testing to support evidence-based modelling and decision-making in complex financial economics contexts |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate a critical understanding of econometric theory and practice by constructing and assessing classical linear regression models using appropriate software |
| Procedural | Apply | Formulate testable hypotheses, interpret regression results, and use critical thinking to identify when model assumptions are violated and what implications this has for analysis. |
| Procedural | Apply | Collect, analyse, and present financial and economic data using advanced quantitative techniques (e.g., correlation, linear regression), employing econometric software to ensure analytical rigour. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Make informed, justified choices in quantitative approaches to financial and economic issues, demonstrating intellectual independence and sound reasoning. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically evaluate and apply concepts of probability, estimation, and hypothesis testing to support evidence-based modelling and decision-making in complex financial economics contexts |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
30-minute MCQ test |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Make informed, justified choices in quantitative approaches to financial and economic issues, demonstrating intellectual independence and sound reasoning. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically evaluate and apply concepts of probability, estimation, and hypothesis testing to support evidence-based modelling and decision-making in complex financial economics contexts |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | Formulate testable hypotheses, interpret regression results, and use critical thinking to identify when model assumptions are violated and what implications this has for analysis. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Make informed, justified choices in quantitative approaches to financial and economic issues, demonstrating intellectual independence and sound reasoning. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate a critical understanding of econometric theory and practice by constructing and assessing classical linear regression models using appropriate software |
| Procedural | Apply | Collect, analyse, and present financial and economic data using advanced quantitative techniques (e.g., correlation, linear regression), employing econometric software to ensure analytical rigour. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically evaluate and apply concepts of probability, estimation, and hypothesis testing to support evidence-based modelling and decision-making in complex financial economics contexts |
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