Economic-statistical Analysis

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Teaching results

At the end of the semester, students will have a good overview of indicators and statistical methodical tools used to analyse economic phenomena, more specifically:
In particular, students acquire the following abilities:
- After completing the course, students will be able to apply appropriate statistical methods in the analysis of economic and social phenomena.
Students acquire in particular the following skills:
- Students will be able to measure, evaluate and analyse economic and social phenomena and processed. They will be able to use appropriate methodological tools.
Students will acquire the following competencies:
- Students will be able to understand statistical indicators and their explanatory power in relation to economic and social phenomena. They will be able to apply appropriate statistical methods in their own analytical work and mate appropriate decisions based on this.

Indicative content

The course provides knowledge about individual methods of statistical analysis and their possibilities of application to the analysis of indicators in selected areas of economic and social statistics.

Support literature

HURBÁNKOVÁ, Ľ – BOLGÁČ, J.: Sociálno-hospodárska štatistika. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2021
HURBÁNKOVÁ, Ľ. – SIVAŠOVÁ, D.: Hospodárska štatistika I. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2018
SODOMOVÁ, E. a kol.: Hospodárska štatistika II. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2019
FRIEDRICH, V. – MAJOVSKÁ, R.: Výběr z ekonomické statistiky. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR,
2010
GIOVANNINI, E.: Understanding Economic Statistics: an OECD perspective. Paris. OECD 2008
HINDLS, R.: Statistika pro ekonomy. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2007
JÍLEK, J. – MORAVOVÁ, J.: Ekonomické a sociální indikátory: od statistiky k poznatkum. Praha:
Futura, 2007
JÍLEK, J. a kol.: Nástin sociálněhospodářské statistiky. VŠE Praha. 2005
KONTŠEKOVÁ, O. a kol.: Úvod do hospodárskej štatistiky. Bratislava: ES EU, 2000
Literature will be continuously updated with the latest scientific and professional titles.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to economic – statistical analysis – subject and tasks, institutions providing data from the field of economic – statistical analysis (Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, Eurostat). 2. Demographic statistics – basic data sources, measuring the state, structure and density of the population. 3. Demographic statistics – measuring the movement of the population, indicators of natural, mechanical and social movement. 4. Family and household statistics – family, household, categories of social affiliation of individuals, basic indicators of family and household statistics. 5. Labor market statistics – labor resources, employment, unemployment, absolute and relative basic indicators of the labor market. 6. Population income statistics – net cash income (disposable income), indicators of average income, indicators of real and nominal incomes, consumer price index, inflation rates, indicators of population income differentiation. 7. Population consumption statistics – definition and classification of consumption, methods of statistical survey of consumption, units of consumption, methods of consumption analysis, quantification of factors influencing consumption. 8. Statistics of poverty and living standards – poverty line, poverty incidence and poverty gap, measuring poverty and social exclusion in the EU, human development index. 9. Health statistics – health network, health services, health status of the population and its conditions, basic indicators of health statistics. 10. Statistics of educational activities and educational services – formal education, non-formal education, non-formal learning, indicators of educational capacities and educational processes, lifelong learning. 11. Financial indicators of the company – characteristics, subject and meaning, types of financial analysis. 12. Analysis of financial indicators of the company – indicators of liquidity, activity, indebtedness and profitability. 13. System of national accounts ESA 2010 – basic principles, transactions in products, distributive and financial transactions, sequence of accounts.

Requirements to complete the course

30% assignment
70% final paper (30% theoretical part, 40% practical – examples solution)

Student workload

Lectures participation: 26 hours
Seminar participation: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 13 hours
Preparation for written assignment: 39 hours
Final paper preparation: 52 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak

Date of approval: 10.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 30.01.2022