ECON 570 Big Data
Big Data for Economics will provide analytical and technical skills to students that employers expect them to possess. The course will start by reviewing possible sources of Big Data with a particular focus to social and economic applications. The first part of the course will discuss real world examples of how companies and institutions are reorganizing internally to respond to the "big data revolution" and describe the steps involved in such process. The second part of the course will be devoted to the analysis of big data in the R software environment.
Cross Listed Courses
ECON 370 & ECON 570