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  • Admissions

    It is a University which is committed to excellence and overall development of the student...

  • Placements

    Excellent education not only imparts knowledge, but also paves the way for...

  • Life@IIS Univ

    Life @ IISU is nothing less than a kaleidoscope of myriad hues; complete with...

  • Academics

    Taking the age-old tradition of enlightenment through education forward,...

  • Research

    To stimulate curiosity and cater to the global needs of a dynamic education,...

  • About Us

    The IIS University, with its perfect amalgamation of innovation, inspiration...

IIS (Deemed to be University)

Gurukul Marg, SFS, Mansarovar, Jaipur 302020, (Raj.) India

Phone:- +91-141-2400160-61, 2397906-07,

Fax: 2395494,2781158, Toll Free No.: 1800 180 7750

Research Methodology | Economics

Research Methodology

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Paper Code: 
ECO 141
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction

What is research? Process of research.Basic and applied research.Data collection techniques- primary and secondary data.Census and sampling methods.Types of sampling methods. Hypothesis- meaning, null and alternate hypotheses. Type-I and Type –II errors.Level of significance.Confidence interval.Power of test. One tailed and two tailed tests. Types of data - Cross section, time series and panel data.

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Regression Models

Concepts of Population; Regression Function and Sample Regression;Function.OLS method. BLUE properties; Goodness of fit, R squared and Adjusted R squared;Various functional forms.Dummy variables- Regression models with dummy independent variable(s).

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Problems in Regression Analysis

Heteroskedasticity-Definition, sources and consequences. Methods of detection-BPG test, Glejser test, Goldfeld test, Quandt test and White’s test.

Autocorrelation- Definition, sources and consequences. Tests for autocorrelation—Durbin-Watson test and B-G LM test.

Multicollinearity-Definition, sources and consequences; Perfect and imperfect multicollinearity;Tests for multicollinearity—Correlation matrix, VIF and Tolerance ratio.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Parametric Tests

Z-test (Large sample test).Student’s t-test- Meaning and applications- test for single mean, difference of two means and paired t-test.ANOVA-one -way and two –way.F–test.

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Non-Parametric Tests

One Sample Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, 2 Independent Samples Mann-Whitney Test, Paired Sample Wilcoxon Signed- Rank Test, Kruskal-Wallis Test, Friedman Test and Chi-Square test.

Elements of Report Writing.

 

References: 
  1. Gujarati, D. N., Porter D.C.Basic Econometrics, McGraw Hill, Fifth edition
  2. Gupta, S. P.Statistical Methods,. S. Chand & Sons, 46th edition
  3. Kothari, C.R. Research Methodology- Methods and Techniques, New Age International Publishers, 2nd revised edition

 

 

Academic Session: 
2025-26
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