Statistical methods for financial applications

Introduction to Statistics

Descriptive Representation

Numerical Summary Measures

Use of SPSS for descriptive statistics

Random Variables and some Probability Distributions

Sampling Distributions

Statistical Inference (Confidence Intervals)

 Testing of Hypotheses

 Use of SPSS software for statistical inference

Midterm Exam 20/11/2013

Correlation and Regression Analysis

Chi-square Tests

Use of SPSS software for correlation, regression analysis and Chi-square Tests

Final Review

 Final Exam (40 points)