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STAT 373Regression and Forecasting Methods in Finance

Units
0.50
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Statistics

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Application of regression and time series models in finance; multiple regression; algebraic and geometric representation of least squares; inference methods - confidence intervals and hypothesis tests, ANOVA, prediction; model building and assessment; time series modelling; autoregressive AR(1) models - fitting, assessment and prediction; moving average smoothing, seasonal adjustment; non-stationarity and differencing.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • AFM323 - Quantitative Foundations for Finance (0.50)
    • STAT321 - Regression and Forecasting (Non-Specialist Level) (0.50)
    • STAT331 - Applied Linear Models (0.50)
    • STAT371 - Applied Linear Models and Process Improvement for Business (0.50)
    • STAT374 - Quantitative Foundations for Finance (0.50)
    • STAT443 - Forecasting (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001616360 / 96MW 13:00–14:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

45% liked it49% easy64% useful

From 29 ratings and 9 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Let's just say, this Peter Balka guy is quite an interesting specimen. Let me detail the average Peter Balka course experience. This class is guaranteed to be at 8:30 in the morning because he "loves to check the box on the course detail form saying that he would like to teach at the earliest time possible". Then, during said 8:30am class, he pulls up the mobius slides that have not changed for the past 15 years onto the podium computer and proceeds to do a manual copy-and-paste of the content onto the board while verbally adding nothing of value. Assignments are pretty straightforward and quizzes are relatively easy if you read the notes. (He doesn't change the assignments or quizzes so if…

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  • Peter Balka is a great prof, I finally understood linear regression as a result of this course.

    Dec 2024 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Somewhat hard course overall and no really sure what I learned from the course. Midterm average was quite low but the final was really easy so it helped boost my mark by a substantial amount. Just make sure you understand the assignment problems and the course notes and you should be fine.

    Dec 2017 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Material is interesting and quite in depth. Basically split between linear regression and time series. Not a easy course.
    If this is the first stats course you took(stat230/231 are not really real stats courses), then you will need to get used to how its not super structured like before where you have lots of samples to study from and really dig into the material.
    I found this to be exponentially harder than 230/231 and require some concepts of 235/237 which should be prerequisites really.

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  • Peter Balka is awful and unorganized. Course notes are okay to study from

    Sep 2013 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

11 posts and comments in 11 threads mention STAT 373, November 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2023

Spring 2022

FARM vs MATH/CPA 2 points, 7 comments

“Hey everyone, &x200B; I have been fortunate enough to be accepted into both FARM and Math/CPA and have been very grateful for it:) Nevertheless, I am VERY struggling to choose between these two and …”

u/AFMISFULLOFNOOBS: “… Additional Required Math Courses (4): AFM 272/ACTSC 291 Global Capital Markets AFM 275/ACTSC 391 Corporate Finance AFM 476/ ACTSC 471 Corporate Decision Making STAT 373 Regression and Forecasting Models in Fin. …”

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Fall 2019

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “… STAT 322 STAT 330 STAT 331 STAT 332 STAT 333 STAT 334 STAT 337 STAT 341 STAT 371 STAT 372 STAT 373 STAT 430 STAT 431 STAT 433 STAT 441 STAT 442 STAT 443 STAT 830 STAT 831 STAT 833 STAT 841 STAT 842 STAT 845 STAT 850 STAT 901 STAT 906 STAT 931 STAT 932 STAT 946 STAT 947 STAT 974 …”

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Spring 2017

Opinions on Stat 337 2 points, 2 comments

u/ThatCoxKid: “I'll be in 3A of FARM in the Fall and I'm thinking of taking Stat 337 if I can't get a spot in Stat 373 (currently full and only 60 spots). There's been a few posts in this subreddit about it but they seem a little dated. …”

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Fall 2016

Fall 2015

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