Assessment

Prof. dr. Monica RomanAssist. Prof. dr. SmarandaCimpoeruQuantitative Research Methods, LMA, 2014-2015.

Use a dataset consisting of at least 30 cross sectional observations described by 3-4 variables, connected with your present research interests. Apply quantitative analysis for describing your data and for analyzing the correlation between selected variables.

Requirements:1. Explain the selection of the variables; describe the data sources and the metadata for the selected variables.2. Describe your data with graphical tools;3. Group the observations into classes; plot the histograms. 4. Summarize sample data using all the descriptive statistics measures. Apply Excel facilities and comment the results.5. Develop scatter diagrams using two numerical variables.What does the scatter diagram indicate about the relationship between the two variables?6. Compute using Excel functions covariance and coefficient of correlation. Comment the results.7. Analyze the correlation between two variables using non parametric measures.

Prepare a short oral presentation in which you describe the obtained results. Important:The project is individual! The similarities between projects results are not recommended!The individual project will be prepared for an evaluation during the last seminar. [Type text]