3807567: Pre-course Mathe/Statistik

Beschreibung

Any candidate for the master's degree programme in Banking and Financial Management should be aware of the basic topics in the fields of mathematics and statistics. The following topics cover this course:

• Mathematics

o Sets
o Functions (one- and multi-dimensional)
o Matrices
o Linear Programming
o Derivations
o Integrals

• Statistics

o Random Variables (one- and multidimensional)
o Density Functions and its Distributions
o Addition, Multiplication and Convolution of Random Variables
o Regressions
o Test-Statistics

The 3-days course takes place on the 09th, 10th and 12th September 2014 (9.00am - 4.30pm) at the main campus in Liechtenstein, hence obligatory participation applies.

The assessment takes place in form of a written exam before the start of the first semester. Candidates will have 60 minutes to answer all question of the exam. Date of the exam:

Monday, 15th September 2014 | 4.00pm - 5.00pm

Literature:

• Jacques, I. (2013). Mathematics for economics and business. Pearson Education.
• Lind, D. A., Mason, R. D., & Marchal, W. G., (2000). Basic statistics for business and economics. Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.