Syllabus

Introduction

R basics

Data Visualization

Data Manipulation

Git & Github

Big Data

  • Einav and Levin: Economics in the Age of Big Data. Science. 2013. Link

  • Einav and Levin: The Data Revolution and Economic Analysis. Innovation Policy and the Economy. 2014. Link

  • Varian. Big Data: New Tricks for Econometrics. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 2014. Link

Statistical Learning

  • Angrist and Pischke: Mastering ‘Metrics. Princeton University Press. 2015. (pages: XI-XV, 1-14)

  • James, Witten, Hastie and Tibshirani: Elements of Statistical Learning, Springer Texts in Statistics. (pages: 15-42, 175-184, 214-227)

  • Kleinberg, Ludwig, Mullainathan and Obermeyer: Prediction Policy Problems. American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings. 2015.

  • Breiman: Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures. Statistical Science. 2001.

Text as Data

Privacy & Ethics