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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Python and Statistics for Financial Analysis by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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About the 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....

Top reviews

RH

Jan 4, 2024

It is an excellent course to apply statistic, probability and python methods in financial modelling. I would like that each section had resources to study statistics concepts related to the videos.

EJ

Aug 3, 2019

Great course! Very didatic explanations about financial and statistical concepts also with some interesting practical Python for Finance! Looking forward for new courses from same Univ. and prof.!

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By José T T

Apr 14, 2020

Great course to acquire some basic but important knowledge related to Python and Finance Analysis.

By Michelle R

Feb 25, 2021

A very interesting course for beginners made me eager to learn more. Good pace and clear content.

By Marcelo G S

Aug 12, 2023

Concrete and to the point. I did not know python and yet I was able to follow and replicate it.

By Jaime J E G

Dec 22, 2021

good course to see how to apply basic principles of statistical inference in the stock market

By Ajay S

Dec 13, 2021

Please consider different financial analysis scenarios rather than only stock market analysis

By Antariksh A

Aug 30, 2019

The course will introduce all the basic concepts very nicely and is really good for beginners

By Yingjiao X

Jan 23, 2021

Be sure that you have strong foundation for Statistics before starting to learn this course.

By King W L

Apr 12, 2020

Good material and learning experience. Need to work hard to make it practical for daily use.

By Rutvik D

May 29, 2020

I was expecting the course to be about trading but other than that, everything was concise.

By Rodrigo S F

May 16, 2020

I think that the course is good, but I missed more practice using python from a blank page.

By Sudeep K

Aug 11, 2019

Loved the way it was structured. would've liked more if we had more python coding exercises

By Adewuyi A

Jul 25, 2022

This course has been so instructive and educative, I hope to learn more from other courses

By Alex T

Jun 26, 2023

Excellent instructor. Clear video and explanations. Direct to the point course material.

By Juraj R

Jun 11, 2023

There're some mistakes in the code of the course, but besides that, it's a great course.

By Nithyapriya S

Feb 17, 2022

Could have more lessons in week 3 and 4 as the Python programming is not explained much.

By Deleted A

Apr 17, 2021

4 stars because of the price. The rest was really useful and quality content.Congrats!

By Ali S

Jul 21, 2019

very interested but the exercice are little easy and does not help to look for at home

By Thi T H N

Nov 14, 2020

great course for someone who already has basic knowledge on statistic or econometric

By BOLLU R

Aug 10, 2021

This course require prior knowledge of mathematical models and ststistical models

By Andy M

Apr 6, 2020

Lots of information to incorporate, some time I felt lost. But the effort worth.

By Zahra K

May 17, 2020

It is very promising and a good start for financial analysis base on statistics

By Jingyi Z

May 12, 2020

python part is very practical but statistics are quite difficult to understand.

By William M

Dec 21, 2020

Great content but several misspellings (even some answers) and unclear english

By Pedro M

Jun 11, 2020

Good course!

It could be better if it goes deeper into the financial concepts.

By Nik O

Feb 13, 2022

A bit slow at times, though I might be biased as I had learned Python prior.