Treffer: Python Web Scraping: An Experiential Learning Assignment to Teach Business Analytics.

This study describes an experiential learning assignment that promotes web scraping using Python. Web scraping is the process of extracting data from the web to create structured data for analytics purposes. This assignment focuses on the data discovery phase of business analytics, where students must experience the iterative process of business and data understanding. During the assignment, students must find data feasible for extraction while considering its value. The assignment is appropriate for students with a limited programming background. The assignment can be offered in a business analytics course or infused into existing business courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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