# Prompt
1. This is a presentation for Cambridge University Press
a. execs: in eductaion, sales, and editing. Need balance.
b. no bullshit but upbeat
c. self-contained html presentation.
2. Use additional materials to add info
a. Make suggestions always starting with **AI:** so that I can review easily
3. Improve presentation
a. correct typos if any
b. Look up and add hyperlinks when missing
c. Create a contents page
d. Make it prettier with possibly better slide structure, emojis + adding pictures from websites referenced
title: “Data Analysis – the AI-era textbook project” subtitle: “Open access online version of Békés-Kézdi Data Analysis textbook” date: “2025-10-21” —
::: {.hero-section} ::: {.container} ::: {.hero-title} Data Analysis – the AI-era textbook project ::: ::: {.hero-subtitle} Open access online version of Békés-Kézdi Data Analysis textbook ::: ::: :::
Introduction
About me
About me
Academia
- Associate Professor of Economics, CEU Vienna (2018-)
- Research Fellow, Center for Economic Policy Research, London (2017-)
Textbook
- Data Analayis for Business, Economics, and Policy (2021)
Lab + AI
- Founder, [Gabors Data Analysis and AI Lab], Vienna + Budapest (2025-)
- Microsoft AI Economy Institute Advising Fellow (2025-)
Contents
The textbook and its ecosystem
The textbook
- Originally written for applied Masters, now used in BAs, also business Phd
- Truly global reach, over 30 countries
- CUP sales data + my data based on interactions with instructors
- Democratizing access as key mission
- 2nd edition in the works
Update on the Data Analysis ecosystem
- Coding courses (free, open access, online) in Python, R and Stata
- Dashboards – via a CEU grant
Why OA: motivation
Why OA:
** The opportunity **
- Opportunity to experiment with AI-era textbook
** Not alone**
- In mission of helping access globally
- Increases textbook visibility, espcially given PR with Github
- Mimics other textbook The Effect (CRC), Mixtape (Yale), Core Economics (Oxford)