Kurt Hornik: QFin Statistics 1 Winter Semester 2024

Classes

Unit Date Time Location Topic Materials Assignments
Read Chapter 6 B/M
1 2024-11-28 17:30-21:00 TC.1.02 Numerical Linear Algebra Slides Ex 1-5, 8-14, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30 Due: 2024-12-04 23:59 Read Chapter 5 B/M
2 2024-12-05 09:00-12:30 D5.0.001 Random Number Generation Slides Ex 15-21, 23, 26, 28, 31-39 Due: 2024-12-11 23:59
3 2024-12-10 12:30-15:30 TC.0.04 Simulation Slides Ex 41-44, 47-63 Due: 2024-12-18 23:59
4 2024-12-19 09:30-13:00 D5.0.001 Data Management and Exploration Transscript Code Ex 66-80 Due: 2025-01-08 23:59
5 2025-01-09 09:00-12:30 D5.0.001 Data Exploration and Graphics Transscript Code Ex 82-88 Due: 2025-01-15 23:59 Read Labs 1 2 3
6 2025-01-16 09:00-12:30 D5.0.001 Quantmod, Heavy Tails and Copulas Slides Transscript Code Ex 89-96, 98-99, 102-103, 107-108, 110-111 Due: 2025-01-22 23:59
7 2025-01-23 10:00-12:00 TC.0.01 Finals
8 2025-01-30 09:00-17:00 online Presentations

Assignments

Exercises
When submitting homework assignments by email, please use the subject ‘Statistics 1 Unit n Team k’, where n is the number of the unit and k is the numer of your team.
Submit by email to Margarida Ramos Silva <margarida.ramos.silva@s.wu.ac.at>, Luis Diego Pena Monge <luis.diego.pena.monge@s.wu.ac.at> and and <Kurt.Hornik@wu.ac.at>, and cc all team members.
Please use Sweave or knitr, and submit both the PDF and the Rnw/Rmd!
Homework and presentation teams and presentation slots:
1 Atovmyan, Deskoski, Petronevich, Samaj, Vlad 13:00-13:20
2 Maurer, Piacentini, Piller, Svetina, Thierbach (†) 11:20-11:40
3 Herten, Iepure, Maalekji Akkawi, Varszegi 09:20-09:40
4 Gogberashvili, Lukic, Weissmeier, Wutti, Zlatanovic 14:00-14:20
5 Kurmanbekova, Kuzmishin, Mookanay, Tallos, Tuhai 13:40-14:00
6 Akbarli, Haeussling, Heissenberger, Kindermann, Shabanov 11:40-12:00
7 Barbaros, Bordei, Dempsey, Kambachekov, Pryshchepa 13:20-13:40
8 Buechs, Leiter, Loebbe, O'Hara, Petschinger 10:00-10:20
9 Celaj (†), Crespo Sanchez, Kager, Leischner, Zavacky 12:20-12:40
10 Borisov, Friedlaender, Fuele, Maj, Sarti 09:40-10:00
11 Huber, Nagy, Vos, Vyshkovskaia, Zareczky 11:00-11:20
12 Dazun Cabello, De Pasquale, Limpek, Nigg, Pavic 10:20-10:40
13 Farkhutdinov, Luptakova, Mikheenkov, Oskina, Swietochowska 12:00-12:20
14 Korcic, Kovek, Mei, Rapoport (†), Yago Tortajada 09:00-09:20
Students marked ‘†’ have left the program/course.
Presentation groups and teams:
Group Teams
A Team 5 (46), Team 2 (79), Team 4 (81), Team 14 (91), Team 9 (111)
B Team 1 (76), Team 12 (78), Team 11 (82), Team 3 (92), N.N. (110)
C Team 10 (77), Team 6 (80), Team 8 (89), Team 13 (90), Team 7 (95)
Teams submit all 5 problems in their group as homeworks, and present "their" problem.

Materials

Lecture notes (Numerical linear algebra, simulation, data management and exploration, graphics): PDF Code
Lab 1 "How to get Data - An Introduction into quantmod": PDF Code
Lab 2 "Exploring Heavy Tails - Pareto and Generalized Pareto Distributions": PDF Code
Lab 3 "First steps of multivariate data analysis": PDF Code

Downloads

German credit data: Data Docs; Coffee data; Utilities data.

Literature

W. John Braun and Duncan J. Murdoch: A First Course in Statistical Programming with R. Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781316451090, 2016. DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316451090.

Links

Electronic University Calendar (eVVZ)
Setting up R and LATEX



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