Find out how to use big data to perform regression analysis for economic forecasting in Microsoft Excel.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Economic forecasting
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Basics of economic analysis
- Sources of economic data
- Economic forecasting methods
- Regression analysis in economics
- Predicting values with regressions
- Economic forecasting in the research literature
- Trend analysis in forecasting
- Serial correlation in data
- Analyzing results
- Advanced forecasting methods
- Binomial regressions
- Fixed effects regressions
- Difference in differences analysis
- Stata and economic forecasting
- Interpreting Stata results
- What do the results mean?
- Testing accuracy in economic forecasts
- Scenario analysis in economics
- Common economic variables
- Lead and lag relationships
- Seasonality and data cleaning
- Interpreting other's economic forecasts
- Projects to try next
Taught by
Michael McDonald
