Course description
This CPD teaches students how to apply quantitative methods to conduct causal impact analysis using data. In particular, students will learn how econometric methods can be used to answer questions related to human behaviour and strategic decision-making with the help of regression based econometric methods.
With the help of this course, participants will engage with advanced techniques to analyse data and to distinguish a causality link from a simple correlation. We will do it by looking both at the theoretical side and at the most recent application. Being able to identify causality links represents a crucial skill for a person interested in understanding the data that today's world produces.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who is this Course For?
Participants are often working in the IT, finance, and banking sectors. Participants are expected to have basic computer skills and some quantitative experience through prior training in statistics, such as degree or equivalent experience.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
- Determine which methods can be used to analyse different datasets for addressing questions relevant to the social sciences.
- Critically assess findings of studies that apply these methods.
- Design their own randomised experiments.
- Conduct their own causal regression analysis using the statistical software package R.
Course delivery details
Time, Date, and Place
Live lectures will run for 7 weeks in total (6 weeks of live lectures + 1 week of break for studying) on Tuesdays from 6pm-7pm..
Additionally, participants are expected to undertake 20 hours of self-study over the course of the programme to review the material provided. Students will give presentations on their research during the last week of the module.
On successful completion of the CPD, students will receive a Certificate of Completion. In order to be awarded the Certificate of Completion in Social Data Analysis, participants will need to have delivered the final presentation.
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Course Fees: €1,500
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