WRDS Online Workshop
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) provides the leading business intelligence, data analytics, and research platform to global institutions-enabling comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis, and insight into the latest innovations in academic research. WRDS is more than just a data platform. Supporting over 75,000 commercial, academic, and government users at over 500 institutions in more than 35 countries/regions, WRDS is the global gold standard in data management, innovative tools, analytics, and research services.
Topic:
Utilizing WRDS to Conduct Empirical Research in Finance
Content:
This training will give you an overview of the WRDS platform including:
- main functions
- account registration
- data sourcing
- ways to use WRDS
- self-learning tools
- support
In addition, the speaker will share with you the commonly used research data on WRDS, for example, S&P Compustat and CRSP, and live to demonstrate how to use Web Query and SAS Studio to download data from WRDS.
Speaker:
Erica Zhang, WRDS Associate Director Client Development-APAC
Time:
Oct 11, 2023 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Online Meeting Link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96151547236
Target Audience:
All students and faculty from business-related disciplines.
You can get a small gift from the Library if you can show a screenshot of the workshop with your name to the librarian in SLAC 306!
This workshop will be recorded, and please access the WKU Library webpage for the video. (http://old.wku.edu.cn/library/service/digital-learning/workshop/)
If you have any questions about the workshop, please feel free to contact us via library@wku.edu.cn.
