Module 3: Predictive Analytics and Time Series Forecasting
October 28, 2024
Review:
- Module 2
Presentation:
- Video Lecture
- Note that this video was created in 2020 so many of the references are out of date.
- Time Series Analysis
- Scatter plots
- Line plots
- Trend lines
- Linear
- Polynomial
- Forecasting
- Google Sheets
- Microsoft Excel
- Examples
Assignment:
- Reading
- Managerial Analytics, Ch. 6, Predictive Analytics, pp. 153-167
- Read this Forbes article and this brief Economic Synopsis from the St. Louis Fed
- Explore the Yield Curve time series data
- Write a 2-3 page essay answering the following questions about the Yield Curve.
- What does the yield curve measure?
- What does it mean if the yield curve is “inverted”?
- Based on your reading, what are the chances of a recession in 2025?
- Submit in Bb.