Advanced Macro Seminar

Machine Learning for Economics Research

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Lecture Notes

Machine Learning: From Data to Insight

Complete lecture covering ML workflow, algorithm intuitions (logistic regression, decision trees, random forest, gradient boosting, SVM, neural networks), live demo with SCF data, evaluation metrics, model comparison, and SHAP interpretation.

~90 slides · RevealJS presentation

Guides

GitHub Education + Copilot CLI Setup

Instructions for obtaining complimentary GitHub Student package and installing Copilot CLI with setup comparisons.

Student Pack application + Copilot CLI install + comparison table

Quick Links

Install Node.js

Download the LTS version. Required before running Gemini CLI or Copilot CLI.

Install WSL (Windows only)

Microsoft's official guide. Required for Windows users.

Apply for GitHub Student Pack

Direct application link. Use institutional email for expedited processing.

scikit-learn Documentation

Official documentation for the Python ML library used in this course.

SHAP Documentation

Documentation for SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) interpretability library.