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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling by University of Pennsylvania

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    About the Course

    How can you put data to work for you? Specifically, how can numbers in a spreadsheet tell us about present and past business activities, and
    how can we use them to forecast the future? The answer is in building quantitative models, and this course is designed to help you understand
    the fundamentals of this critical, foundational, business skill. Through a series of short lectures, demonstrations, and assignments, you’ll learn
    the key ideas and process of quantitative modeling so that you can begin to create your own models for your own business or enterprise. By
    the end of this course, you will have seen a variety of practical commonly used quantitative models as well as the building blo...
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    NC

    Jul 30, 2019

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    Very nice course for beginner, the mathematic level is not high (around french baccalaureat) so available to everyone. I enjoyed a lot this course that show how simple math can be used in real life.

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    Nov 8, 2021

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    e​xcellent course teaches you basics in an easy to learn manner. Lots of good information for someone looking to transition into the world of financial analytics or as a refresher of basic concepts.

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    By Ansh P S

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    May 1, 2020

    Pretty good explanations of the regression model. I had no knowledge about it. Had some basic prior knowledge of the other topics though. Enjoyed the course anyway. Needed to paitient.

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    By Dnyanesh M U

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    May 8, 2023

    Proff. Richard Waterman Sir is simply great. I have never seen any professor with having so apt and subtle illustration skills before. Great course. Truly enhances my knowledge here.

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    By Zack C

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    Feb 15, 2022

    More theoretical that I anticipated, without much of an opportunity to apply the concepts, but it does a really good job of establishing the theoretical underpinnings behind modeling.

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    Jun 5, 2021

    covers the basic concepts of quantitative modeling . very simple and basic . motivated to continue with the specialization to learn more in depth about the topics by implementing them

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    By Andrew R

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    Apr 5, 2018

    Great course if you already have background and exposure to statistical modeling. I could be challenging to pick up material quickly if you lack sufficient stats or quant background.

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    By Majd D

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    Sep 27, 2017

    Great professor! I enjoyed this course very much!

    The only reason I'm giving 4/5 stars is because it wasn't as challenging as I would've thought. It was too simplified in my opinion.

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    By Ekaterina V

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    May 17, 2020

    The course provides basics for modelling understanding, it gives you several instruments that are to be developed further. You as a learner know what areas are to be deep dived into

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    By Jai S

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    Mar 29, 2020

    It would be good if we have better slides in terms of animation where we switch from one graph to another or when we describe a particular point in pictures for clear understanding

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    By gaurav p

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    Sep 14, 2018

    The course is extremely well crafted but brief, Don't expect a Full Fledged Analytics Deep dive rather a hawk eye understanding of the analytical business modelling methodologies.

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    By Muhammmad S

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    Nov 5, 2016

    Thorough introductions on Fundamental concepts is provided that builds upon further advanced applications with practical examples. All in all, a very useful start to the course !

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    By Asit K H H

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    Oct 15, 2017

    The overall course content is very well structured. Just one small suggestion - The presentation slides are not interactive. These should be in video mode and not in still mode.

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    By Jason C

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    Jan 11, 2021

    This module provides a quick overview of all the common mathematical models used in business and focuses on their interpretation, without going too much into the maths itself.

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    By Samiullah

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    Jun 7, 2020

    More examples from real life should have been incorporated for learning. However, very compact course and awful presentations and instructor rightly modeled for this course.

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    By Felipe Y

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    May 21, 2020

    For a short program, the professor was able to introduce in an easy way some key information about the subject with mastery. Awesome fundamentals. Can wait to go deeper now.

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    By aviral

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    Jul 1, 2018

    It would be nice if you could incorporate problem solving in this course. It will compliment the theory and would also teach students how to use different statistical tools.

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    By Morgan S

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    Apr 10, 2018

    In-depth explanation of the theory. However, the class could've been more engaging/practical. The quizzes should provide case studies instead of regurgitation of the theory.

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    By Daniel K H

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    Mar 3, 2016

    I found the course very interesting. My only regret is that the course was only four weeks long, as I found myself wanting to dig further into the different types of models.

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    By Opeyemi A

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    Feb 7, 2020

    It was surprisingly simplified, the graphical illustrations and citing real examples helped to understand the equations better. It was a great learning experience for me.

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    By Bryan L

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    Jan 8, 2020

    Overall good high-level explanation of the material. The only thing that I dislike is that there is no "homework" or problem set with which we can test our understanding.

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    By Juan P M E

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    Apr 12, 2020

    Muy explicativo en modelamiento matemático pero buscaba aprender mas de finanzas ya que conocía la mayoría de los contenidos por asignaturas cursadas en la universidad.

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    By Daniel M

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    Nov 17, 2017

    Enjoyed the course. GREAT INSTRUCTION. Course material matched expectations on the exam. Overall, the course provided a solid introduction to Quantitative Modeling.

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    By Roy H

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    May 25, 2020

    I knew nothing about modeling until I took this course. Upon completion, I definitely know more now and am looking forward to taking other classes in this discipline.

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    By Courtney E J

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    May 30, 2019

    Quite a nice introduction though definitions of the various compenents contained within all of the formulas could be more clearly defined and displayed on the slides.

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    By Josh R

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    Oct 12, 2017

    Good beginner / refresher course on statistics and probability but does not involve any modeling. Likely a good class for those that need more work on math concepts.

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    By shahin s

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    Apr 23, 2018

    In depth explanations are provided with a great reference to real life illustrations which helps a lot in understanding concept/methods with a much simpler approach.

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