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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
ECONOMIC DATA ANALYSIS ECON324 - 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Identify the importance of ICT in business.
2) Distinguish between spreadsheets and databases.
3) Model a practical economic or business problem in a spreadsheet.
4) Develop a spreadsheet model for optimization and simulation.
5) Implement and query a small database
6) Present data analysis through a report
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTECON217, ECON218
COURSE DEFINITIONBy teaching the basic concepts and methods of data analysis necessary for economists, to perform financial, statistical analysis and interpretation of data with Excel. To teach the reporting of these analyzes.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Fundamental Concepts
2nd Week A Brief Introduction to Spreadsheets
3rd Week Excel Basics
4th Week Excel Basics
5th Week Making Table and Sorting
6th Week Financial, Lookup and Statistical functions
7th Week If functions
8th Week Mid Term
9th Week Pivot Table and Charts
10th Week What if Analysis
11th Week What if Analysis
12th Week Solver
13th Week Combining Excel and other soft wares
14th Week Reporting and Desktop publishing
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGExcel 2016 Bible. ISBN:9781119067511. This book is a comprehensive reference work and also contains a lot of material on topics that are beyond the scope of this book.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSQuestions/Answers,Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Assignment210
Attendance110
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz313
Individual or group work14342
Preparation for Final exam122
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam16060
Laboratory (including preparation)5420
Final exam122
Homework15555
Total Workload228
Total Workload / 307,6
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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