Summary

This course is about introducing the student to the management and understanding of the potential of Big Data information for the analysis of issues of economic interest. It is, therefore, to familiarize the student with data sets or combinations of data sets whose size (volume), complexity (variability) and speed of growth (speed) hinder their capture, management, processing or analysis using conventional tools. This course will show to students the great possibilities that the use of this type of data provides for the study of topics in economics.