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ACST602: Statistical Modelling in Finance and Insurance

This unit covers linear statistical modelling in insurance and finance. Topics include: simple and multiple linear regression; ANOVA models; analysis of residuals, regression diagnostics and influential observations; theory of estimation; method of moments and maximum likelihood; properties of estimators; sampling distributions and properties of sample statistics; the t, F and X2 distributions; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing in a regression context; type I and II errors; power; chi squared tests; criteria for choosing models; goodness of fit tests, tests of association and homogeneity; and applications of linear modelling to problems in insurance and finance.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:3
When Offered: D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
Staff Contact: Tim Kyng
Prerequisites:

ACST601 and ACST604

Corequisites:

NCCWs:

Unit Designations: Commerce
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Faculty of Business and Economics

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