Overview

One of the most valuable skills for the future will be unlocking insights from data. Often, practitioners are experts in machine learning or econometrics, but not both. However, having at least a basic understanding of the concepts in both econometrics and machine learning will allow practitioners to unlock data insights to the fullest extent. This course is designed to be a first step in bridging the gap between the two fields. Those fluent in machine learning will benefit from examples of econometric thinking, and econometricians will benefit from discussions of machine learning concepts. In this course, I will discuss the key concepts at the intersection of machine learning and econometrics. I will start by comparing and contrasting the two fields, then I will move into basic data handling skills, then I will discuss keys to exploratory data analysis, and end with a segment on using regression in a machine learning context to make economic predictions. I will give Python code examples for some concepts, and work through a basic case study predicting the economic growth of different countries around the world. This is an introductory course that provides overviews and summaries of the most important ideas, in future courses I will dig deeper into individual concepts - feel free to message me with suggestions!

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