Research Services offers tutorials and workshops on a variety of topics. Each semester, we present a series of tutorials. If you have suggestions, please contact researchservices@bc.edu. We are also ...

This short course provides an introduction to regression analysis, a commonly used method to study the relationship between a response variable and one or more explanatory variables. The course will ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on this powerful machine learning technique used to predict a single numeric value. A regression problem is one ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Many of Pew Research Center’s survey analyses show relationships between two ...

Time series forecasts are used to predict a future value or a classification at a particular point in time. Here’s a brief overview of their common uses and how they are developed. Industries from ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...