Description
Course is fully online
This course is meant for students as a hands-on experience for solving business problems in the fields of sales, marketing, and business operations by applying statistical analysis and data mining techniques.
We will be using Python to handle the case studies.
Schedule
- Thursdays 10:15-13:45, Course is fully online.
Consultation hours
- We will use moodle and emails for consultation
Final Exams
- Online theory exam
- Dates will be announced soon.
Organization of the course
Each lecture is 4 academic hours, where in the first 2 hours we learn and discuss the problem, relevant techniques, and solutions, while the next 2 hours are practical, where we solve the case studies. The homework will be mostly the continuation of the provided cases. For homeworks, you can work in a pair or individually.
Assessment of the course
There are two modes of assessment. Homeworks (70 marks) and Final Exam (30 marks). To get a pass grade, you must score at least 51 points in total AND at least 12 out of 30 points in the final exam.
Organizers of the course
Ahmed Sabir and Uku Kangur will teach the course. Rajesh Sharma is responsible for this course. For any questions please send an email: rajesh.sharma@ut.ee, ahmed.sabir@ut.ee, uku.kangur@ut.ee
Acknowledgment
This course has been developed with the support of the SoBigData Research Infrastructure funded by the European Commision's H2020 Framework Programme.