PM008 Economics and Finance

Economics
(Topic 1 - 6)

Basic Economic Concepts
(Topic 1A)

Microeconomics
(Topic 1B - 3)

Macroeconomics
(Topic 4 - 6)

National economy
(Topic 4)

Inflation and unemployment
(Topic 5)

Banking, money and interest rate
(Topic 6)

Corporate Finance
(Topic 7 - 9)

Investment Appraisal
(Topic 7)

Risk and Return
(Topic 8)

Risk Management
(Topic 9)

Statistics
(Topic 10)

Data collection method

Experiments; Telephone surveys; Mail questionnaires; Written surveys; Direct observation; Personal interview;Focus groups; Secondary data;

Data collection issues

Population VS Sample

Sampling methods

Nonstatistical sampling

Convenience
Judgement
Ratio

Statistical sampling

Simple random
Stratified
Systematic
Cluster

Data type

Qualitative VS Quantitative
Time series VS Cross sectional

Basic descriptive statistics