Supplemental SF Maths + Stats, Intermediate Economics

messien

Somewhat unfortunately I have to resit these two papers and I am wondering to what extent the supplemental paper will bare a resemblance to the summer original. I've been told by friends at other places that sometimes it's the case that they just give out exactly the same paper. Either way the content will be the same so I suppose I should hit the books! Any other advice on these two modules is also greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

Richieee

I highly doubt you'd be lucky enough to get the exact same paper. Having said that, the Maths summer exam hasn't changed much over the past few years so I guess that the supplemental exam will be fairly similar. The stats part of the summer exam was laregly based on hypothesis testing so knowing all of the different forms of that would be a great start I reckon. For micro economics I think anything could come up really so you'd be best just covering everything in detail. And for macro I found the best way to do well in it was to know all the different equations off by heart, and I don't just mean knowing how to write down the Phillips curve equation for example, but understanding the different components of the equation and how they relate to each other. I found that by understanding the equations it was easier to tackle the logic behind them.

I'm stating the obvious here but the best way to do well in these exams is just to know the material as well as possible. You have a month and a half to cover all the material so that's plenty of time to get to grips with each module. Hitting the books is the best advice I can give!