Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Statistical Economics for Economists and Finance Practitioners from Queen Mary University of London

Learn to make informed economic decisions. Discover how to use modern econometric techniques effectively and navigate the associated risks.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בכלכלה סטטיסטית בשביל כלכלנים ועוסקים במימון של אוניברסיטת קווין מרי בלונדון

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • How to examine economic and financial theories, as well as hypotheses about the relationships between variables.
  • Investigate the behavior of prices, returns, growth, and unemployment.
  • Effectively analyze the impact of macroeconomic changes on economic growth and performance, and predict the future values ​​of economic variables.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Economic analyst
  • Data Analyst
  • Researcher in the field of economics
  • Makes economic policy decisions
  • Financial advisor
  • Risk Manager
  • Financial planner
  • Researcher in the field of macroeconomics
  • Project Manager in the field of economics
  • Economic Model Developer

Internship – a four-part course series

This specialization provides in-depth training in econometrics methods, through the exploration of theoretical concepts, examples from real data, and the application of econometrics techniques to industry-relevant questions.

The methodologies we focus on are an essential part of the process of making informed economic and financial decisions. You will learn:

  • How to examine economic and financial theories, as well as hypotheses about the relationships between variables.
  • Investigate the behavior of prices, returns, growth, and unemployment.
  • Effectively analyze the impact of macroeconomic changes on economic growth and performance, and predict the future values ​​of economic variables.

Through an in-depth exploration of modern techniques, applications, and possibilities opened up by recent advances in econometrics, you will be prepared to use it successfully and navigate the associated risks.

This specialization is suitable for anyone who finds econometrics methods to be the primary framework for reference in their daily activities, as well as for researchers and policymakers.

Hands-on Learning Project

  • How to examine economic and financial theories, as well as hypotheses about the relationships between variables.
  • Investigate the behavior of prices, returns, growth, and unemployment.
  • Effectively analyze the impact of macroeconomic changes on economic growth and performance, and predict the future values ​​of economic variables.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

The classical linear regression model

Course 1
22 hours
3.4 (19 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • The philosophy of multiplying the usual minimum
  • Practical evaluation of the OLS model
  • Using a decision-making model

Skills you will acquire

  • Managing different types of information
  • Data management and linear model estimation with R
  • Contrasting OLS parameters
  • Understanding the relationship between economics and empirical practice
  • Setting up the minimum required problem

Hypothesis testing in econometrics

Course 2
27 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • How to perform hypothesis testing
  • How to check that the estimated model is adequate
  • How to use hypothesis testing to make decisions

Skills you will acquire

  • Calculating and performing a t-test
  • Calculating and performing various diagnostic tests
  • Calculating and performing an F test
  • Unbiased proof of concept
  • Proof of concept of efficiency

Topics in Applied Econometrics

Course 3
27 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Managing issues that raise identification questions
  • How to choose the right model depending on the type of data
  • Interpretation of the various models

Skills you will acquire

  • Understanding and managing time series models
  • Understanding and managing volatility models
  • Understanding the questions that arise from identifying parameters
  • Understanding and managing probability models
  • Understanding and managing panel data models

The econometrics of time series data

Course 4
30 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • How to estimate the different models with R
  • How to check that models are statistically correct with R
  • How to use different models for decision making

Skills you will acquire

  • Estimating time series models with R
  • Estimating Probability Models with R
  • Estimating Panel Data Models with R
  • Estimating models with endogeneity with R
  • Estimating volatility models with R

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