ECON 4970 - Introduction to Data Science for Economics

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 with a C or better.
Description
The overall objective of this course is to equip undergraduate economics students with the ability to work with economic data and learn how to ask and answer questions using data and data analytical software. This course will also emphasize developing the ability to articulate technical findings to general audiences. Students will learn how to use, manipulate, and analyze large data sets in economics using Microsoft Excel and Stata programming language. The course is intended to serve as an introductory course that provides students with foundations in data extraction, cleaning, and analysis to better prepare students for careers in economic data analyses and for advanced quantitative courses such as econometrics and undergraduate research.