Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources
- Submissions
- 148
- Completion
- 13.8%
- Median score
- 10
- Lecture time
- 2h
- Homework time
- 3h
- Total time
- 5h
Stock Markets Analytics Zoomcamp 2026
Course-level participation, homework, and project statistics.
Median time and score by homework. Hover values on desktop for interquartile ranges.
| Homework | Submissions | Completion | Lecture time | Homework time | Total time | Median score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources | 148 | 13.8% | 2h | 3h | 5h | 10 |
| Homework 2: One Dataframe | 109 | 10.1% | 2h | 3h | 5.5h | 11 |
| Homework 3: The Model | 72 | 6.7% | 2h | 3h | 5h | 11 |
Ranked by lowest median question score relative to the maximum achievable. Normalizing by question count makes homeworks of different lengths comparable; a lower percentage indicates a harder assignment.
| Rank | Homework | Median score | Score % | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources | 10 / 12 | 83.3% | 13.8% |
| 2 | Homework 2: One Dataframe | 11 / 11 | 100.0% | 10.1% |
| 3 | Homework 3: The Model | 11 / 11 | 100.0% | 6.7% |
Share of submitted answers that were correct, per question. A lower percentage points to a harder or more confusing question. Participation-only questions are excluded.
| Homework | Question | Correct | Answers | % correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources | Which year had the highest number of additions (starting from 2020)? | 137 | 148 | 92.6% |
| How many indexes (out of 10) have better year-to-date returns than the US (S&P 500) as of August 21, 2026? | 132 | 148 | 89.2% | |
| Median drawdown (in %) of significant market corrections in the S&P 500 index | 129 | 148 | 87.2% | |
| Calculate the median 2-day percentage change in stock prices following positive earnings surprise days. | 103 | 148 | 69.6% | |
| Idea for your capstone project | 0 | 148 | 0.0% | |
| Investigate new metrics | 0 | 148 | 0.0% | |
| Homework 2: One Dataframe | What is the total withdrawn IPO value (in $ millions) for the company class with the highest total withdrawal value? | 103 | 109 | 94.5% |
| What is the median Sharpe ratio (as of 11 September 2026) for companies that went public before 1 September 2025? | 95 | 109 | 87.2% | |
| What is the optimal number of months (1 to 12) to hold a newly IPO'd stock in order to maximize the median growth value? | 94 | 109 | 86.2% | |
| What is the total profit (in $ thousands) you would have earned by investing $1000 every time a stock was oversold (RSI < 30)? | 97 | 109 | 89.0% | |
| Homework 3: The Model | What is the ABSOLUTE CORRELATION VALUE of the most correlated dummy variable _w<week_of_month> with the binary outcome is_positive_growth_30d_future | 64 | 72 | 88.9% |
| What is the precision score for the best of the NEW predictions (pred3 or pred4), rounded to 3 digits after the comma? | 53 | 72 | 73.6% | |
| What is the total number of records in the TEST dataset where the new prediction pred5_clf_10 is correct, while all 'hand' rule predictions (pred0 to pred4) are incorrect? | 57 | 72 | 79.2% | |
| What is the optimal tree depth (from 1 to 12) for a DecisionTreeClassifier? | 56 | 72 | 77.8% |
When homework submissions arrive relative to the deadline, across all assignments.
Homework submissions per week, across all assignments. Bars are scaled to the busiest week.