2024/2025 KAN-CCMVI2142U Data Analytics in Economic Consulting: Practical Applications and Tools
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Data Analytics in Economic Consulting: Practical Applications and Tools |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Elective |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | Summer |
Start time of the course | Summer |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Min. participants | 30 |
Max. participants | 60 |
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Study Board for cand.merc. and GMA (CM)
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Last updated on 07/11/2024 |
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Completed bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
The course presupposes some knowledge of statistics (such as random variables and probability distributions, inference, hypothesis testing) and calculus. |
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Face-to-face teaching is integrated with quiz sessions, guest lectures and consultation hours in which students have the chance to ask questions and receive feedback. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Individualized feedback is going to be provided through the quiz sessions and the tutorials in Stata and R. Furthermore, 1/2 consultants/researchers will be invited to give a talk over the course of the summer school to showcase how they use the methods studied in class in their consultancy work. These talks also offer the great opportunity to network with professionals in the field of economic consulting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 weeks course.
Preliminary Assignment: The course coordinator uploads Preliminary Assignment on Canvas at the end of May. It is expected that students participate as it will be included in the final exam, but the assignment is without independent assessment and grading.
We will discuss and review it during the first lecture. |
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach https://www.cengage.com/c/introductory-econometrics-a-modern-approach-7e-wooldridge/9781337558860PF/
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