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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 Nikola T

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Apr 22, 2020

Good course. However, very basic content in case you had any experience wir Quants before.

By Sandra P

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Feb 27, 2020

Really good experience. It would be better if you have some basic knowledge in statistics.

By Grant F

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Nov 20, 2019

Great Introductory course - would recommend to those who need to learn a theoretical appro

By Paresh J

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Nov 13, 2017

Very nicely articulated videos, to the point presentation makes this course more valuable.

By Katherine P

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Sep 24, 2023

It is a very good course in providing the bases for what is to come in terms of modeling.

By Hesham N

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Jul 3, 2022

The professor is just amazing to say the least, the course content quaity is outstanding.

By Mark A

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Jan 25, 2021

Very organised and summarising the most important quantitative topics and methods as well

By Sundaram R

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Feb 9, 2020

I liked the course and pace. The information was good enough. Not too much or too little.

By muskan

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Mar 19, 2019

It was a informative course, and expanded knowledge about business models and decisions.

By Alexander A

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Feb 8, 2018

Great intro into quantitive modeling. Would love to have more examples about regression.

By Letitia S

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Dec 10, 2017

Great course, delivered in a very natural way for even the beginner or refresher course.

By Simon V

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Oct 10, 2016

This was an excellent overview course. The material was challenging and well structured.

By Shabanova O

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Feb 28, 2022

Excellent course, with a lot of useful information.Thank you University of Pennsylvania

By Ankit S

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May 17, 2020

Great course! Explained a number of methods to make models and interpret their results.

By Byron C

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Mar 26, 2018

Great course. Focused on foundational concepts. The concepts are explained very well.

By Krishy S

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Jul 26, 2017

Very well structured course. Loved the way the concepts were unraveled.

A big thank you.

By Yogendra N P

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May 10, 2016

This is a good course for brushing up, or learning the basics of quantitative modeling.

By David W (

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Dec 22, 2021

Excellent way to crystalize the rationale behind the use of each regression model type

By RAGHAVA K

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Jan 19, 2021

Great course! It really strengthens your understanding of basic quantitative modeling.

By Prashant S

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Sep 24, 2017

Very nice and concrete overview of basic modeling techniques for business and finance.

By Ignacio J M R

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Jul 23, 2017

Straight forward and filled with useful information, not too complex but not too easy.

By Zain A

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Jun 25, 2016

Its a very good course, the lecturers are very good and explain the concepts very well

By Aldo F

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Mar 7, 2016

Excellent introduction to the mathematical fundamentals used in quantitative modeling.

By Phattharaphon C

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Apr 15, 2024

The instructor was incredibly good at explaining things, and spoke extremely clearly.

By Abhishek K

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Dec 8, 2019

Fantastic course by Wharton. You can make your base strong by completing this course.