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About the Course

How can you put data to work for you? Specifically, how can numbers in a spreadsheet tell us about present and past business activities, and how can we use them to forecast the future? The answer is in building quantitative models, and this course is designed to help you understand the fundamentals of this critical, foundational, business skill. Through a series of short lectures, demonstrations, and assignments, you’ll learn the key ideas and process of quantitative modeling so that you can begin to create your own models for your own business or enterprise. By the end of this course, you will have seen a variety of practical commonly used quantitative models as well as the building blocks that will allow you to start structuring your own models. These building blocks will be put to use in the other courses in this Specialization....

Top reviews

AP

Jun 15, 2019

Very clear and articulate explanation of the concepts. He doesn't skip a step in the sequencing ideas, drawing comparisons and differences, and illustrating both visually and story-telling. Excellent.

NC

Jul 30, 2019

Very nice course for beginner, the mathematic level is not high (around french baccalaureat) so available to everyone. I enjoyed a lot this course that show how simple math can be used in real life.

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By Gabriel C C T

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Nov 11, 2018

An incredible and enjoyable course of study. The teacher has an excellent didactics and the content adds a lot to the career

By Pratik A

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Oct 7, 2023

Thank you team Wharton Online for the course. It is completely beginner-friendly and forms a base of quantitative modeling.

By Tushar Y

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Jun 8, 2020

Very basic and good course for beginners, The instructor is good and explains the course in depth without skipping anything

By Ahmed A K

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Jul 30, 2018

Everything is very well explained and communicated by the Professor. Thank you for such an incredible learning opportunity.

By Iqra M

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Jan 5, 2021

I love this course it's really helpful. It tells you, various business models, we can use while taking business decisions.

By Palak C

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Sep 1, 2018

it was really a great course . i learnt many new things through this course . it was a great experience doing this course

By Jonathan R

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Aug 14, 2018

great introduction to the terminology, functions and purposes behind some of the business models that make up our economy

By A D

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May 17, 2024

I must say that these modules and the slides provide us with really great learnings. I am glad to say it helped me out .

By Ankit R

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Sep 9, 2021

This course will act as a complete package to understand the fundamentals of quantitative modelling. A must have course.

By Tal Y

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May 28, 2020

Really interesting and explained very well with examples and formulas.

I would continue to the next course in the series!

By Ankush R

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May 18, 2020

It is a great course for beginners. Everything is explained really well. A go-to course if you want to become a modeler.

By Ankur K

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Mar 23, 2018

The faculty was amazing. The examples which he gave during the lectures were very practical and simple at the same time.

By Chintamani D

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Apr 9, 2021

It was all pretty basic. The professor did a great job at explaining the concepts well and in an understandable manner.

By George H

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Jan 17, 2021

Great course for reviewing the fundamentals of modeling ! Great outline and examples carried through the entire course.

By harsh r

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Jul 8, 2020

Well explained contents, described by the professor. I have completed this course and gained more knowledge and skills.

By Josue R

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Nov 12, 2019

Richard Waterman is a great teacher. The examples were easy to follow and helped make sense of some complex concepts.

By Evin K E

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Mar 18, 2018

This was a great course to understand the fundamentals. Will definitely act as a stepping stone to the future courses.

By Ayushi S

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May 31, 2020

It was amazing an experience from the start... how well the things were explained while keeping it short and simple.

By chaitanya j

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Apr 8, 2020

The content was very informative and the most important part was that it consisted of many examples to understand it.

By Robert G

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Apr 1, 2020

A very good introduction to the topic. The course makes you motivated to continue and delve deeper into the material.

By Uche N

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Sep 19, 2019

The lecturer is amazing and breaks down every conception with real life examples. I was excited to start every video.

By Missree S V

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Sep 17, 2019

This course goes in depth of quantitative modelling with widely encountered business situations.

Highly recommended.

By Zhongyuan Z

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Feb 9, 2019

The course is very awesome. I learned about the fundamentals in this area. Thanks Coursera for providing the course.

By Piotr P

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Feb 20, 2017

Great way to introduce someone like me, with no business/mathemarical education, to the basic concepts of modelling.

By Fabien S

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May 25, 2020

Excellent intro and catch-up! I am looking forward to applying the principles in a business context with softwares!