Economic Data Management and Analytics Course

Course Objectives

Upon completing this Economic Analysis and Data Analytics course successfully, participants will be able to:

• Apply economic models to business problems
• Identify contexts and applications of data in specific industries and in organisational settings
• Implement conventional data analysis techniques and customising them for exceptional circumstances
• How to utilise different types of data in different scenarios
• Analyse data with advanced statistical and econometric techniques
• Learn and employ techniques of data analysis to form business strategies
• Apply computer programming and computing software to analysis of data
• Learn how to build a career in economics or data analysis

Course Outline

MODULE 1: THE BASICS

• Basics of economic analysis
• Sources of economic data
• Microeconomic data
• Macroeconomic data
• Economic forecasting methods
• Regression analysis in economics

MODULE 2: ECONOMIC CYCLES

• Trend analysis in forecasting
• Case study – real estate
• Coefficients
• Significance
• Standard errors
• Serial correlation in data
• Analysing results

MODULE 3: FORECASTING ECONOMIC TRENDS

• Fixed effects regressions
• Omitted variables bias
• Binary outcome
• Binary regressions
• Logit models
• Probit models
• Advanced regression applications
• Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED)
• Difference-in-differences analysis
• Difference-in-differences estimator

MODULE 4: USE ECONOMIC FORECASTS

• Understanding economic output
• Long-term capital gains rate
• Forecast accuracy
• Scenario analysis
• Using macro and microeconomic data in forecasts

MODULE 5: MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS

• Understanding microeconomic analysis
• Corporate strategic decisions
• Market and industrial organisation
• Game theory
• Econometrics

MODULE 6: CORPORATE FINANCE

• Understanding the role of corporate finance in economic analysis
• Analysis of a firm’s financial decisions
• Use of financial models in economics
• Quantitative case studies

MODULE 7: DATA ANALYTICS

• Data Analysis in Context
• Data Analysis for Business
• Data Analysis for Education
• Data Analysis for Healthcare
• Data Analysis for Government

MODULE 8: FORECASTING METHODS

• Forecasting demand and regression
• Causal methods
• Time-series methods
• Qualitative methods
• Predicting values with regressions

MODULE 9: DATA AND ANALYSIS IN THE REAL WORLD

• Thinking about Analytical Problems
• Conceptual Business Models
• The information-Action Value Chain
• The information-Action Value Chain
• Real-World Events and Characteristics
• Data Capture by Source Systems

MODULE 10: ANALYTICAL TOOLS

• Data Storage and Databases
• Big Data & the Cloud
• Virtualisation, Federation, and In-Memory Computing
• The Relational Database
• Data Tools Landscape
• The Tools of the Data Analyst

MODULE 11: PERFORM PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TASKS

• Cross-Validation and Confusion Matrix
• Assessing Predictive Accuracy Using Cross-Validation
• Building Logistic Regression Models using XLMiner
• How to Build a Model using XLMiner

MODULE 12: DECISION ANALYTICS

• Business Problems with Yes/No Decisions
• Formulation and Solution of Binary Optimisation Problems
• Metaheuristic Optimisation
• Chance Constraints and Value at Risk
• Simulation Optimization

General Notes

•          All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants needs
•          The participant must be conversant with English
•          Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are expert with more than 10years of experience.
•          Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)
•          Training will be done at Foscore development center (FDC-K) center in Nairobi Kenya. We also offer more than five participants training at requested location within Kenya, more than ten participant within east Africa and more than twenty participant all over the world.
•          Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
•          The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance and other personal expenses.
•          Accommodation, pickup, freight booking and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.
•          One year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.
•          Register as a group of more than two and enjoy discount of (10% to 50%) plus free five hour adventure drive to the National game park, in Nairobi.
•          Payment should be done two week before commence of the training, to FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us prepare better for you.
•          For any enquiry at:[email protected] or +254712260031
•          Website:www.fdc-k.org