ECON 5667 Data Science Qualitative Finance

This course introduces students to building data science models for financial applications. These models will be created using reproducible data science workflows, using modern statistical programming tools and techniques. The course will first focus on obtaining data from various sources, preparing and transforming data as needed for downstream analysis, and performing exploratory data analysis. Well then look at the most important descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytic techniques for analytical financial modeling. Throughout this project-based course, there will be an emphasis on asking good guiding questions and effectively communicating results through text, tables, and visualizations.

Credits

3