Network Analysis for Marketing Analytics (Coursera)

This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics.

Course 3 of 3 in the Text Marketing Analytics Specialization.

What You Will Learn

- Describe the concept of network analysis and related terminology

- Apply network analysis to marketing data via a peer-graded project

- Visualize a network based on centrality and other statistics via homework

- Extract marketing insights from a network via a peer-graded project

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Network Analysis Introduction and Terminology

In this module, we will learn the key concepts in network analysis and the key terminology, including semantic and social networks. We will also survey common network analyses in marketing.

WEEK 2

Network Analysis Data Structures and Calculations

In this module, we will learn how networks are prepared and the common data formats that represent networks. We will learn the differences between different network calculations and how networks are presented visually.

WEEK 3

Preparing and Visualizing Social Networks

In this module, we will learn how to parse tweet JSON, extract mentions and text, load connections into edge lists, and visualize the network in Google Colab.

WEEK 4

Preparing and Visualizing Semantic Networks

In this module, we will learn how to parse tweet JSON, process text into features, load connections into edge lists, and visualize the network in Google Colab.