GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ECONOMIC INDICATORS/EKON316
Course Title: ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 6 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Serdar Kilickaplan
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  skilickaplan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  skilickaplan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students learn measure the changes exculisively in the economical activities.
Students calculate price index, quantity index and value index numbers.
Students calculate weighted and unweighted index numbers.
Students construct and interpret a Laspeyres and a Paasche index numbers.
Students learn Consumer Price index and Producer Price Index.
Students deflate a series by price indexes.



 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Definition, Nature and Features of Index Numbers
2. Week  Uses of Index Numbers
3. Week  Fix Base System and Chain Base System
4. Week  Type of Index Numbers : Simple and Composite Index Numbers
5. Week  Type of Index Numbers : Simple and Composite Index Numbers
6. Week  Unweighted Composite Index Numbers
7. Week  Weighted Composite Index Numbers : Laspeyres's and Paasche's Indeks Numbers
8. Week  MIDTERM EXAM
9. Week  Problems in Index Number Construction
10. Week  Interpriting of Index Numbers
11. Week  Test of Adequacy of Index Numbers
12. Week  Splicing and Shifting the Base of Index Numbers
13. Week  Methods of Constructing Consumer Price İndex
14. Week  Producer Price Index
15. Week  Deflating a Series by Price Indexes
16. Week  FINAL EXAM
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - Kılıçkaplan, Serdar., İndeksler Kuramı ve Uygulaması - Bilge Aloba KÖKSAL, İstatistik Analiz Metodları, Çağlayan Kitapevi, 1985, İstanbul,
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
30
 Assignment
1
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
1
14
 Reading
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
6
2
12
 Presentation
3
1
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
7
2
14
 Final and Studying for Final
14
2
28
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
127
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.08
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having the professional expertise and skills on theoretical and practical aspects of econometrics, statistics and operational research.X
2Having qualities for professional competence in order to work in career fields such as inspector or assistant specialist or working department of research-development in public institutions and organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations.X
3Having knowledge about other disciplines such as economics, managements, public finance and law related to econometrics.X
4Having appropriate behavior of econometrics in the field of social, scientific, cultural and ethical values, applicability of gained knowledge and skills in accordance with the principle of responsibility to social and working life.X
5Having skills about foreign language and information system related to the fields in academic and working life.X
6Having skills about selecting, using and evaluating of appropriate statistical, econometric and mathematical programming methods, based on theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field related to the current problems faced by.X
7Having skills to work with the team for reach fruitful results in interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies.X
8Having knowledge of research methods in the field of institutions and organizations planning projects, managing, and to conduct independent researches.X
9Having qualities for analytical thinking, prospecting and bring scientific solutions to problems as a researcher.X
10Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of econometrics.X
11Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of statistics.X
12Having skills to comprehension, application and evaluation about terms and basic theory of statistics.
13Using some of the basic econometric and statistical software programs.