Introduction to Business Analytics

HKUST Business School — Interactive Course Slides

Welcome

This site hosts interactive slide decks for Introduction to Business Analytics, a Year-1 undergraduate course at HKUST Business School taught by Professor Xuhu Wan.

Every code block on these slides runs directly in your browser — no installation, no signup required.

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Course Topics

Topic 1: Python Essentials →

Lists, comprehensions, pandas Series, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib. Weight: 20%

Topic 2: DataFrames →

Load, explore, select, modify, missing values, standardization, time series. Weight: 40%

Topic 3: Linear Regression →

CAPM, Fama–French, inference, train/test, diagnostics, variable selection. Weight: 30%

Topic 4: Clustering →

K-Means, elbow plot, segmentation, customer analytics. Weight: 10%

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Instructor

Professor Xuhu Wan · Department of ISOM · HKUST Business School