Welcome to the website of the ECON2206 Data Managment class of HEC Liège.
Instructors
| Professor | Teaching assistant |
|---|---|
| Malka Guillot | Michel Coppée |
| Assistant professor, Economics | PhD Candidate, economics |
| mguillot@uliege.be | michel.coppee@uliege.be |
Course description, class format
This course aims to teach the basics of data management and analysis needed in a business-school oriented University like HEC Liège. It requires no prior knowledge of computer programming. Students will acquire skills in data collection, munging, modeling. The programming language is Python.
The sidebar on the left shows the backbone of the content taught in the class. Each page corresponds to a class activity, that can be theoretical or correspond to a practice session. The table below shows how these activities are organised in time.
Each activity page contains :
- Some reading or exercises to achieve before
- Details on the content of the class activity, including:
- A link to the corresponding teaching material
- The learning outcomes
- A list of things to do after the class, that can be:
- Exercises, lab assignments to hand in
Tentative program [Spring 2023]
| Week | Theory (Wednesday) | Practice (Monday + Wednesday) |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 6 | Class overview | M: Python basic 1 W: Python basic 2 |
| Feb. 13 | Working with data | M: Python basic 3 W: Pandas 1 |
| Feb. 20 | Comparison & correlation | M: W: [Project] idea |
| Feb. 27 | Data collection | M: Pandas 2 W: Plotting |
| Mar. 6 | Visualisation | M: Webscraping 1 W: Webscraping 2 |
| Mar. 13 | Supervised ML - regression | M: Git W: Regressions |
| Mar. 20 | Supervised ML - classification | M: [Project] openhouse W: Classification |
| Mar. 27 | Unsupervised ML | M: Dash application W: Unupervised ML (case study) |
| Apr. 17 | Maps | M: W: [Project] openhouse |
| Apr. 24 | [Project]: intermediate presentation | M: W: |
Useful links
- Code, data and slides can be found on the Github repository of the course
- Details on class evaluation
- A lexicon listing the tools and packages used.
- A list of general resources
- Students at HEC Liège can access the Lola page to access (and hand in) homeworks, get additional information, and to participate in the forums.