Predictive analytics in business

This unit introduces you to Big Data and predictive analytics using financial information. Specifically, you will learn and develop hands-on skills to manage large-scale financial databases and build predictive models that support strategic and investment decision making. Further, the unit introduces you to analytics coding and develops your skills in the use of statistics software necessary to process and analyse large datasets. It covers three applications of predictive analytics using financial data, namely: (1) forecasting future earnings; (2) predicting accounting fraud; and (3) predicting bankruptcy. The unit will be delivered online and you will learn to code and work on real financial data.