Predictive Analytics in Business
PostgraduateCUR-PA5202021
Course information for 2021 intake
Harness analytics to predict and forecast inflation, interest, plus stock and commodity prices. Gain skills to consider a range of variables. Use models including Vector Autogressive Moving Average, Vector Error Correction and more.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Predictive Analytics in Business
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain the nature of prediction and forecasting in the business context
- explain the difficulties in analysing and forecasting non-stationary variables
- analyse non-stationary variables by applying appropriate data analytic techniques
- formulate appropriate empirical models to predict economic and financial variables
- Analysing and forecasting non-stationary variables
- Model time-varying variance
- Vector Autoregressive Moving Average (VARMA) models
- Vector Error Correction (VECM) models
- Volatility models
- Using models to predict and forecast economic and financial variables (such as inflation, interest rates, stock prices and commodity prices)
The subject has two objectives: firstly, it focuses on analysing and forecasting non-stationary variables where elementary techniques are not appropriate. Secondly, it introduces techniques to model time-varying variance for purposes of modelling risk of financial assets. In order to achieve these, this subject introduces several time series models including Vector Autoregressive Moving Average (VARMA) models, Vector Error Correction (VECM) models and volatility models for predicting and forecast economic and financial variables, such as inflation, interest rates, stock prices and commodity prices.
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- Project Proposal (20%)
- Assignment (30%)
- Project (50%)
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Entry requirements
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Prior study
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Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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