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2630: Analysis of qualitative data ( forår 2011 - 5 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

• Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
• Niveau: Elective course in the fourth semester BSc Economics and Management programme.    
• Semester/kvarter: Every spring semester
• Timer per uge: 4 lectures and 2 exercises in 7 weeks of the last part of the semester.
• Deltagerbegrænsning: None
• Undervisningssted: Århus
• Hovedområde: Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
• Udbud ID: 26474

Formål

• Derive models for binary dependent variable
• Apply multinomial response variable models
• Derive models for ordered response variables
• Analyze models for censored data
• Analyze models for truncated sample
• Analyze selection model
• Derive model for duration and count data

Indhold

In many empirical situations, the purpose is to analyze variables, which are qualitative. For example, the choice to buy a product or to accept a job is qualitative. In this course, the purpose is to explain such variables. For example, the choice to buy a product depends on the price of the product, the prices of other products and individual characteristics like income and education.
In addition, the course considers situations where the dependent variable is a result of a qualitative outcome. For example, the sample may be truncated (do not observe certain individuals) or censored (do not observe the outcome of certain individuals). Finally, the course also considers models for duration in a particular state, for example, the duration of unemployment.

Course subject areas
• binary logit and probit
• multinomial logit model
• ordered logit and probit model
• truncated samples
• censored data
• selection model
• event count and duration model

Faglige forudsætninger

Regression analysis

Underviser

Valeri Voev

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

The lectures present the main points of the analysis of discrete dependent variables. There will be computer exercises to practice the application of the methods.

English

Litteratur

 The main text for the course is chapters 7.5 and chapter 17 in Jeffrey Wooldridge, (2009), Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, fourth edition. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Publishing (packed with reviews 6 student version). The total number of pages of required reading in Wooldridge 2009) equals about 60 pages.

• Kiefer, N.M., 1988. Economic duration data and hazard functions. Journal of Economic Literature volume 26, 646-679. 
• Notes on Cox proportional hazard regression approximately 40 pages
• Supplementary lecture notes, approximately 60 pages

Greene 2008: Econometric Analysis. Ch. 25.1-2 (9 pages)
In total approximately 200 pages of required reading.

Studieordning og bedømmelse

Bacheloruddannelsen i økonomi

• Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur

Form of assessment: A four hour written exam together with the course regression analysis.

Examination aids allowed: All - except any means of electronic communication including PCs. A simple calculator will be available for the students in the examination hall.