Model Thinking
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Model Thinking at Coursera Overview
Duration | 33 hours |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Credential | Certificate |
Model Thinking at Coursera Highlights
- Offered by University of Michigan
- Earn a certificate from University of Michigan
- Requires effort of 4-5 hours per week hours per week
- 22% got a tangible career benefit from this course
Model Thinking at Coursera Course details
- The models covered in this class provide a foundation for future social science classes, whether they be in economics, political science, business, or sociology. Mastering this material will give you a huge leg up in advanced courses. They also help you in life. Here's how the course will work. For each model, I present a short, easily digestible overview lecture. Then, I'll dig deeper. I'll go into the technical details of the model. Those technical lectures won't require calculus but be prepared for some algebra. For all the lectures, I'll offer some questions and we'll have quizzes and even a final exam. If you decide to do the deep dive, and take all the quizzes and the exam, you'll receive a Course Certificate. If you just decide to follow along for the introductory lectures to gain some exposure that's fine too. It's all free. And it's all here to help make you a better thinker!
Model Thinking at Coursera Curriculum
Week-1-Why Model & Segregation/Peer Effects
Thanks and Welcome
Why Model?
Intelligent Citizens of the World
Thinking More Clearly
Using and Understanding Data
Using Models to Decide, Strategize, and Design
Sorting and Peer Effects Introduction
Schelling's Segregation Model
Measuring Segregation
Peer Effects
The Standing Ovation Model
The Identification Problem
Week-2-Aggregation & Decision Models
Aggregation
Central Limit Theorem
Six Sigma
Game of Life
Cellular Automata
Preference Aggregation
Introduction to Decision Making
Multi-Criterion Decision Making
Spatial Choice Models
Probability: The Basics
Decision Trees
Value of Information
Week-3-Thinking Electrons: Modeling People & Categorical and Linear Models
Thinking Electrons: Modeling People
Rational Actor Models
Behavioral Models
Rule Based Models
When Does Behavior Matter?
Introduction to Linear Models
Categorical Models
Linear Models
Fitting Lines to Data
Reading Regression Output
From Linear to Nonlinear
The Big Coefficient vs The New Reality
Week-4-Tipping Points & Economic Growth
Tipping Points
Percolation Models
Contagion Models 1: Diffusion
Contagion Models 2: SIS Model
Classifying Tipping Points
Measuring Tips
Introduction To Growth
Exponential Growth
Basic Growth Model
Solow Growth Model
Will China Continue to Grow?
Why Do Some Countries Not Grow?
Piketty's Capital: The Power of Simple Model
1 reading
Economic Growth
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