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Python and Statistics for Financial Analysis
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Python and Statistics for Financial Analysis

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Course combining Python programming and statistical concepts to analyze financial data and build trading models.

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About this Course

Course Overview: https://youtu.be/JgFV5qzAYno Python is now becoming the number 1 programming language for data science. Due to python’s simplicity and high readability, it is gaining its importance in the financial industry. The course combines both python coding and statistical concepts and applies into analyzing financial data, such as stock data. By the end of the course, you can achieve the following using python: - Import, pre-process, save and visualize financial data into pandas Dataframe - Manipulate the existing financial data by generating new variables using multiple columns - Recall and apply the important statistical concepts (random variable, frequency, distribution, population and sample, confidence interval, linear regression, etc. ) into financial contexts - Build a trading model using multiple linear regression model - Evaluate the performance of the trading model using different investment indicators Jupyter Notebook environment is configured in the course platform for practicing python coding without installing any client applications

What You'll Learn

  • Import and preprocess financial data using Python
  • Visualize financial data with pandas DataFrame
  • Apply statistical concepts in financial contexts
  • Build a trading model using multiple linear regression
  • Evaluate model performance using investment indicators

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge in probability recommended

Instructors

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Xuhu Wan

Associate Professor

Topics

Finance
Business
Data Analysis
Data Science
Model Evaluation
Financial Data
Financial Trading
Data Visualization
Probability & Statistics
Python Programming

Course Info

PlatformCoursera
LevelUnknown
PacingUnknown
PriceFree

Skills

المالية
الأعمال
تحليل البيانات
علوم البيانات
تقييم النماذج
البيانات المالية
تداول مالي
تصوير البيانات
Probability & Statistics
Python Programming

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