Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
This free course on asset allocation in investment explores portfolio optimization techniques and how they can help investors achieve their desired return and risk levels. Learn how to set client objectives, constraints, and create model portfolios for benchmarking. Enhance your understanding of asset allocation and its impact on portfolio choice.
What are the key features of qualitative and quantitative research in finance? What do they involve in practical terms, and what they can produce? This free course, Quantitative and qualitative research in finance, explores the underpinning methodologies, then looks at how research data are produced and how they are analysed. The course also includes case study interviews with active researchers and activities to help you understand data sources and sampling.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research
Identify different sampling approaches
Distinguish between primary and secondary data sources
Interpret the political and ethical aspects in financial research.