Course # 30546 Section Number 1 Day(s) M- W Time(s) 10:30am-11:50am Term Winter 2024 Specialization Data Analytics Course Instructor Chris Clapp Syllabus Syllabus 12/19/23 Must have taken PPHA 30537 Data and Programming for Public Policy I-Python and PPHA 30538 Data and Programming for Public Policy II-Python or obtain instructor consent to enroll. The objective of the Data Science sequence is to train students to be successful and autonomous applied economists and data scientists in government and industry. In the first two courses of the sequence, students learned programming, as well as how to handle, summarize, and visualize modern datasets. The objective of this course is to train students to be insightful users of modern machine learning methods. The class covers regularization methods for regression and classification, as well as large-scale approaches to inference and testing. In order to have greater flexibility when analyzing datasets, both frequentist and Bayesian methods are investigated. Students may request to waive the prerequisites by providing the instructor with evidence of equivalent programming experience. Course Prerequisite In order to register for this course you must have taken PPHA 30537 and PPHA 30538 Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Winter 2024 Machine Learning - Python Chris Clapp Monday, Wednesday 10:30am-11:50am Syllabus Winter 2024 Machine Learning - Python Chris Clapp Monday, Wednesday 1:30pm-2:50pm Syllabus Spring 2024 Machine Learning - Python Chris Clapp Monday, Wednesday 11:00am-12:20am Syllabus Spring 2024 Machine Learning - Python Chris Clapp Monday, Wednesday 1:30pm-2:50pm Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers Thu., April 25, 2024 America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population Wed., April 24, 2024 Upcoming Events More events SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Challenge Program for High School Students: Navigating US College Admissions with Ranjan Daniels Mon., April 29, 2024 | 8:00 AM Data & Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) Roundtable with Alumni Mon., April 29, 2024 | 7:30 PM Harris Evening Master's Program Class Visit—Economic Analysis III: Public Finance and Budgeting With Professor Justin Marlowe Tue., April 30, 2024 | 5:45 PM Convene 311 West Monroe St. 2nd Floor Reception Chicago, IL 60606 United States