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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 blocks that will allow you to start structuring your own models. These building blocks will be put to use in the other courses in this Specialization....

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AP

Jun 15, 2019

Very clear and articulate explanation of the concepts. He doesn't skip a step in the sequencing ideas, drawing comparisons and differences, and illustrating both visually and story-telling. Excellent.

NC

Jul 30, 2019

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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By Shrey O

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Jun 4, 2020

Excellent Course. Must do for any aspiring business/finance professionals.

By Arshish K

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Jan 19, 2020

Essential fundamentals of modelling, taught simply and quite exhaustively.

By Javier A

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Nov 29, 2019

Clear, concise and easy to understand. Well designed for internet learning

By Ivan C

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Aug 21, 2018

Great basic terms to further develop. Great starting point for CFA Level 2

By Pedro A R M

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Sep 27, 2017

It´s perfect when you´re finding to grow up at bussiness worth. So useful.

By Juhi M

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Aug 19, 2017

It is a great course to get hands on experience different types of models.

By Jonathan H

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Oct 13, 2023

Good course with effective mix of summary- and detailed- level discussion

By #MARK C R

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Jan 28, 2022

Great intro to statistical modelling, look forward to rest of the course!

By Ardian F

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May 3, 2020

Good theory explanation with relatable example with industry or business.

By Orlando D

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Sep 30, 2019

Great, clear and easy to understand modules for every background students

By John C

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Feb 8, 2018

Very good. Covers the basics thoroughly and in easily digestible lessons.

By Ribeiro D

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Dec 12, 2017

Really good course. Each module is well explained with concrete examples.

By Manuel

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Jun 11, 2017

Excellent and concise introduction to various functions useful in models.

By Nikki T

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Oct 16, 2016

The professor was clear and concise while teaching a mathematical course.

By Jose A H M

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Feb 28, 2016

Great introduction into mathematical ways to model real complex problems.

By Akhilesh Y

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Sep 17, 2024

this course gives a brief knowledge of financial modeling and statistics

By Ayush S

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Dec 24, 2020

Had a lot of Fun Learning new things. Awesome Course. Highly Recommended

By SALONI G

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Apr 20, 2019

It was an amazing course. Really helped me out in building my knowledge.

By Sanjeev B

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Jan 19, 2018

Great course for people who have little knowledge/experience in modeling

By Francisco

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Jun 18, 2017

You can learn about differents probabilistic models and how to use them.

By Kostas P

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May 28, 2017

Richard Waterman is simply excellent. One of the best teachers I've ever

By Agus P M

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Nov 3, 2024

indroduce fundamental theoretic and insight to quantify risk and return

By Dean S

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Apr 9, 2019

Excellent entry level course on the fundamentals of business modelling.

By SANJOY R

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Nov 4, 2018

Good introduction to Quantitative Modelling - covers important concepts

By ijeoma c o

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Jan 26, 2018

very detailed. however, I couldn't download any of the pdf certificates