THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
821L1 Financial and time Series Econometrics
Assessment Period: May 2023 (A2)
Duration: 24 hour Take-Away Paper
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Candidates should attempt ALL question from Section A and ONE question from Section B
1)The paper will be available from: Friday 26th May 2023 at 09:30am
2)The deadline for submitting the exam is: Saturday 27th May at 09:30am
3)The exam is individual work, carried out upholding the values of academic integrity.
4)A TAP (24hr) will have a notional ‘work time’ of up to 8 hours.
5)The materials to be used to answer the questions are on different Canvas units
6)You may either type your answers into a new document (clearly labelling each answer), or
7)type your answers directly on the exam paper (removing any optional questions that you
8)have not chosen).
9)Referencing is not required.
10)STATA data sets you will need to use for the part B of the TAP can be found directly underneath the TAP paper in the ‘Units Section’ at the very top of the page.
11)There is no word limit.
12)You can copy, paste and manipulate the equations provided in the exam paper.
13)Graphs should be typed; however, clear pictures of hand drawn and pasted graphs will also be accepted.
14)Submit a word or pdf version of the exam paper using the appropriate link on Canvas. Please note that for a file to be accepted by Turnitin, your submission must be a single file and must include at least 20 words of typed text. Further guidance about Turnitin submissions can be found here: https://student.sussex.ac.uk/assessment/submission/canvas-turnitin
15)To ensure your anonymity in this assessment, please do not write your name anywhere in the final submitted document.
16)If you have any queries relating to the text of the exam paper, you can e-mail the School Office: Business-Economics@sussex.ac.uk between 09:30am – 11:30am on Friday 26th May 2023. Please do not contact the module convenor directly. If necessary, any relevant responses will be provided to all students at the same time through the Announcements page of the module’s Canvas site.
17)If you experience any IT problems when uploading your final submission, please contact IT Services and provide a screenshot of the issue you have encountered using their online help system at: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/
ty website and in the Student Information Hub.
MARKING GUIDELINES
Performance in the summative assessment for this module is judged against the following criteria:
Relevance to question(s)
Organisation, structure and presentation
Depth of understanding
Analysis and discussion
Use of sources and referencing
Overall conclusions
PLAGIARISM AND COLLUSION
Students suspected of plagiarism, either of published work or the work of other students, or of collusion will be dealt with according to School and University guidelines.
END OF ASSESSMENT
