This module illustrates how machine learning techniques can be exploited in economic research and applications. It offers a thorough analysis of a variety of tools in machine learning and links them to econometric analysis. The class focuses on supervised machine learning algorithms such as: decision trees, (logistic) regressions, naïve Bayes, nearest neighbor, neural networks, and support vector machines. The lecture also covers feature selection and hyper-parameter tuning methods. A practical PC-Lab class using Matlab is an essential part of the module.
