FDP Institute - Curriculum Materials

Curriculum Materials

The FDP curriculum materials and study guide are the only preparation materials endorsed by the FDP Institute and are the FDP Charter Candidate's best source of information. Our curriculum is revised regularly to incorporate relevant, practical industry developments, and the latest academic research. Texts reflect up-to-date and relevant practice, strategies, and application vehicles you might encounter.

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Required Readings:

Big Data in Machine Learning in the Financial Industry (PMR E-Book) contains seven (7) required readings ($99 for exam registrants ).

Topics in Financial Data Science contains twenty one 21 required readings (free access for exam registrants).

Two required books available through third-party websites:

- Data Science for Business
- Introduction to Statistical Learning

Study Tools
FDP Exam registrants have unlimited access to the Sample Questions

Big Data and Machine Learning
in the Financial Industry
7 readings total

$99 for Registered candidates
Delivered via email in PDF format

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incl. 4 new readings!

Topics in Financial Data Science
.
21 readings total

Free Access for Registered Candidates
Readings can be downloaded

Data Science for Business
.
Provost, F. and T. Fawcett
(2013)

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Introduction to Statistical Learning
.
James, G., D. Witten, T. Hastie, and R. Tibshirani (2013)

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