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BU5562 Final Assignment for Part 1 (Time Series Econometrics)
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This Alternative Assessment lasts for THREE WEEKS.
Please submit your answer to the SafeAssign submission link on My Aberdeen within the
course BU5562 no later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Wednesday 30th March 2022.
Do not include your name in your submission, only your Student ID number.
Late submissions will not be marked.
Please note that the university regulations on academic misconduct still apply
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BU5562 Final Assignment for Part 1 (Time Series Econometrics)
Empirical Methods in Energy Economics
Module – BU5562
The Final Assessment Assignment for Part 1
(Time Series Econometrics)
Please note:
• This assignment consists of two sections, A and B.
• Section A comprises 2 questions both of which you must answer. Each
question has 20 marks (out of100).
• Section B requires you to work with a dataset made available in an excel file “Crude
Oil and Product Prices.xlsx” which can be found in the Assessment folder at the
course’s site at MyAberdeen or, BU5562 Class 2021-2022 MS Teams site. You
should load it onto the EViews software and use it to answer all relevant questions.
Each question has a given mark which add up to 60 marks (out of100). You must
answer all the questions in this Section.
• Please prepare your answer as a MS Word document structured as follows:
(a) Use the MS Word “Insert Page Number” facility to place the page numbers
sequentially at the top of each page (the same as this document).
(b) Use font size 12 and font type Arial throughout the document, and use the MS
Word equation facility for writing any mathematical notation or equation,
e.g., t = + t + t [to use this, you need to choose INSERT > Equation].
(c) Give your matriculation number at the top of each page.
(d) Answer each part of each question by starting a fresh page: copy and paste the
question you are answering at the top of the page (as the first paragraph) and
below it write down your answer, e.g., your answer to A1.1 should start on a
fresh page with the following paragraph, which is then followed by your answer to
it.
(A1.1) Describe the main features of the series.
(e) Your answers to Section B questions should consist of your explanations and the
relevant EViews outputs; please copy and paste, or put a screen shot of the
relevant output from the Eviews workfile (e.g., a plot, a table of regression
results, a table of statistics, etc.), put a heading for each piece of output and
number them sequentially, e.g., “Figure 1: Plot of x and y”. If you use the “print
screen” facility and include a screen shot image, please ensure you crop and
resize it properly so that only the relevant part is displayed, and the image is
clear and easily legible.
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BU5562 Final Assignment for Part 1 (Time Series Econometrics)
Section A: Answer all parts of both questions in this section
Question A1
Consider the series plotted in the graph below:
(A1.1) A time series typically has three main components. Explain what these are. (4 marks)
(A1.2) Describe the main features of the series in the above figure. (4 marks)
(A1.3) Explain if the series in the above figure is seasonal or not. How would you support your
answer with statistical evidence? (4 marks)
(A1.4) Explain if the series in the above figure has any deterministic trend or not. How would
you support your answer with statistical evidence? (4 marks)
(A1.5) Explain if the series in the above figure has any stochastic trend or not. How would you
support your answer with statistical evidence? (4 marks)
BU5562 Final Assignment for Part 1 (Time Series Econometrics)