RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF HISTORICAL TIME SERIES OF MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS OF THE POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
The accumulation of theoretical and practical material in the form of time series, characterizing the development of countries in the world, makes it possible to formulate a research methodology. The goal of this research work is the author’s presentation of the research methodology of historical time series of macroeconomic indicators of the post-Soviet countries. The consideration of methodology elements at the theoretical level in the domestic literature determines the use of methods such as analysis and synthesis, as well as the comparison method. As a result of studying and summarizing the main theoretical and methodological provisions, the author’s methodology is formed, which can be applied to the study of economies of all countries that were part of the socialist camp.
Keywords: statistics, research methodology, conceptual framework, statistical tools, approaches, post-Soviet countries.
Highlights:
• the structure of the scientific research methodology is singled out, its features are considered in the context of the analysis of historical time series of macroeconomic indicators of the post-Soviet countries;
• the author’s research methodology of historical time series of macroeconomic indicators of the post-Soviet countries is formed, its essence is grounded.
Aleksander P. Tsypin, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of Statistics and Econometrics Department, Orenburg State University.