quantitative techniques used in finance.

 To provide you with knowledge about quantitative techniques used in finance.
 To provide you with the skills to apply quantitative techniques and interpret findings in a logical and impartial manner.
 To gain understanding of the strengths and limitations of quantitative techniques.
 To encourage you to acquire deep analytical skills and to devise quantitative problem solving strategies.
 An ability to collect, present and analyse data using quantitative techniques.
 Demonstration of understanding of concepts relating to probability analysis, sampling and estimation and hypothesis
 testing.
 discuss conceptually the reasons for using correlation and linear regression analysis.
 interpret issues in finance from a quantitative and intellectual perspective.
 A 2,000 word Research Essay

Case
 You are provided with the data on per-capita GDP (in terms of purchasing power parity and constant 2011 international dollars) and population of 179 countries for 1997 and 2017, along with the average annual growth rates of these statistics for each country during the period.
Requirements

 Produce line graphs and histograms for each variable and calculate plus interpret measures of central tendency.
 Formulate a null and an alternative hypothesis about a population mean and determine whether to reject the null
 hypothesis at a given level of significance.
 Calculate and interpret the correlation coefficients between the variables.
 Explain how outliers can affect correlations.
 Demonstrate you understand the concepts and ideas covered in this course.
 Demonstrate appropriate use of terminology and tools.
 Draw links and connections between different concepts and ideas.
 Utilise additional sources such as publicly available data, scientific articles, newspaper articles and books.
 Appropriately use the terminology and tools covered in this course.
 Avoid the use of informal language and non-scientific reasoning.
 Presentation of data should be in a clear and precise manner.
 Your work should be set out as an essay; including an abstract and well structured conclusion.
 Label any diagrams used (eg. Figure One), give the diagram a title and credit the source.
 Label tables appropriately and give them table numbers throughout the text.
 Use Harvard Referencing appropriately and accurately.
 Pilgrims less than 5%

Must:
 discussion of the summary statistics
 line graphs
 histograms
 hypothesis testing
 correlations
 discussion of sampling
 discussion of outliers

Outcomes:
2 files
 A 2,000 word Research Essay
 Excel sheet contain all graphs with a clear presentation