Undergraduate Course: Time Series Analysis (MATH11025)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Mathematics | 
Other subject area | Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) | 
   
| Course website | 
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics and/or Statistics.  
 
1. Definitions of moments: expectation, variance, autocovariance and autocorrelation;  
 
2. Properties of moving average and autoregressive models.  
 
3. Estimation of parameters of moving average and autoregressive models.  
 
4. Forecasting. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
1. Ability to investigate time series to fit models  
2. Interpretation of MINITAB output  
3. Ability to forecast.  
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Assessment Information 
Examination only. 
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Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Keywords | TSA | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Liam O'Carroll 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5070 
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Course secretary | Ms Jennifer Marshall 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5048 
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