Economic and Social Statistics

The module aims to provide students with important skills which are of both academic and vocational value, being an essential part of the training of an economic statistician scientist and also useful for a career. By the end of the module students should have competencies in the following: An awareness of the empirical approach to economic and social science; review and extend fundamental statistical concepts; methods of data collection and analysis for labour statistics, industrial, and agricultural and rural statistics.

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:

Understand fundamental statistical concepts; methods of data collection and analysis for labour statistics, industrial, agricultural and rural statistics.

Conduct basic data collection techniques including surveys.