020112150 ECONOMETRICS BY SPSS AND E-VIEWS FOR ACCOUNTING ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Pre-Requisites : 020112020, 100411810

This course introduces students to the primary tools of quantitative data analysis employed in the study of accounting and finance. It equips students for independent econometric research and for critical reading of empirical research papers in accounting and finance. The course covers ordinary least squares, probity, fixed effects, tow-stage least squares and weighted least squares regression methods, and the problems of omitted variables, measurement error, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation.