Woke up early yesterday, hit Starbucks and started reading thru the Quant sections. Only got thru Readings 11 and part of 12 before my brain started to hurt. Although I've seen this stuff in my MSF program, it still takes a while for it to really sink in unless you just have a beautiful mind for this stuff. I did pick it back up tonight and I started to get it. You can really only understand it via practice problems left and right and then it usually clicks. I'm still waiting for my Stalla material to come via mail tomorrow and I'm interested to see how they present it, the Schweser videos just left me kinda lost.
I did find some basic videos on YouTube from BionicTurtle that help with some of the concepts. As I always say, if you have a hard time understanding material presented from one source, use several others. Ive found things just start to click when I see it presented in different ways and this guy seems to really present the material in a clear understandable way.
Here are a couple that cover some of the material in Readings 11 and 12. These do not cover every LOS point by point but the major concepts are covered with concrete examples which helps me visualize and absorb the material better. They also show how to do this in Excel which is helpful if you have class projects on this material or use this in real life. There are many others on YouTube if you simply search for the terms in the readings. It's always best to watch these after you've done the readings, this way you know what specific pieces of the videos to focus on. I've found this works real well for me.
I definitely want to own Readings 11 and 12 before I go on since they seem to be the meat of the Quant stuff and you must understand them to get the later material. I can already see this is stuff you want to stay fresh on using Progress tests and consistent review of the formulas and concepts.
Intro to Linear Regression
Regression #3: Standard Error in Linear Regression
Regression #4: ANOVA table in regression
Standard error of estimate (SEE)
I hope they help.
I did find some basic videos on YouTube from BionicTurtle that help with some of the concepts. As I always say, if you have a hard time understanding material presented from one source, use several others. Ive found things just start to click when I see it presented in different ways and this guy seems to really present the material in a clear understandable way.
Here are a couple that cover some of the material in Readings 11 and 12. These do not cover every LOS point by point but the major concepts are covered with concrete examples which helps me visualize and absorb the material better. They also show how to do this in Excel which is helpful if you have class projects on this material or use this in real life. There are many others on YouTube if you simply search for the terms in the readings. It's always best to watch these after you've done the readings, this way you know what specific pieces of the videos to focus on. I've found this works real well for me.
I definitely want to own Readings 11 and 12 before I go on since they seem to be the meat of the Quant stuff and you must understand them to get the later material. I can already see this is stuff you want to stay fresh on using Progress tests and consistent review of the formulas and concepts.
Intro to Linear Regression
Regression #3: Standard Error in Linear Regression
Regression #4: ANOVA table in regression
Standard error of estimate (SEE)
I hope they help.
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thanks for the sharing Jim
... and besides the CFAI readings and schweser notes i am taking some help from investopedia.com it has got quite few interesting articles...
Thanks Vinesh, that is a great site with relevant info. As part of my Secret Sauce for Level 2 I'll be compiling a list of useful videos and sites I used to help and that will be on there for sure. Please send me more as you find them.