Quantitative Methods

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate empirical strategíes employed in economic research projects
• Apply econometric theory to use data to address economic questions

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the main methods in econometrics to address economic research and policy questions
• causal inference in econometrics
• key issues and problems faced in applied econometric analysis, and how to address these.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Choose an adequate empirical research strategy to answer a specific research question.

The main topics to be covered include:

• Linear Regression Models
• Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals
• Instrumental Variables Regression Models
• Discrete Choice Models

Depending on students' prior knowledge of econometrics and their interests other topics may be added or substituted as well.

The module will be delivered in lectures that will cover both the presentation of the theory and its application.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.