Economists as data scientists
Many economists think of themselves as primarily economists and don’t realise that they share many tools and areas of interest with data science.
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What has the Nobel prize in Economics got to do with Predictive Insights?
We’re very excited by the award since these three economists have been responsible for developing, applying and popularising a set of analytical tools we use.
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