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MSc. Seminar: Python Programming for Empirical Management Research

[Course language: English]

MARG is offering an M.Sc. seminar in the academic summer term 2025. This semester, the seminar is open to all master students specializing within the “Accounting and Finance Group” but also to students generally interested in Accounting and Finance issues. The seminar "Python Programming for Empirical Management Research" aims to provide students with the skills and tools to employ empirical methods and tools to problems within the domain of management and finance research. The course should provide students with all skills needed to write a data-driven master thesis within the school of business and economics. Specifically, the course will examine the following topics:

• • Basics of using Python as a programming language
  • Employing Pandas to manipulate row-column data
  • Sample generation procedures and data cleaning
  • Developing descriptive statistics and visualizations of data
  • Multivariate tools
  • Moving from correlation to addressing causal relationships

The course will be taught in a block-seminar style, with multiple day-long sessions. Please come to the kickoff session for more details.

Schedule and Location:

Organizational issues will be discussed during the kick-off session. The schedule is as follows:

Application:

As a registration prerequisite, please send us your current CV and transcript of records. Students interested in participating are requested to send their application documents to Andrew Reek. Please be sure to also register on MARVIN.

Course Materials:

Course materials will be made available via ILIAS.

Contact:

Please contact Andrew Reek in case of any inquiries.