DSCI 5132 - Business Analytics for Managerial Decision Making

Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

This course is designed to use decision models for business analytics. The students are introduced to simple, common analytical models used in diverse industries and functional areas. The course facilitates the development of basic data literacy and an analytic mindset, a sense for the kinds of problems that can be tackled using available methods and software. The course will have an impact on the way one thinks about available data and how it can be used to provide more value in managerial decisions making. Topics include data visualization, probability and statistics, spreadsheet modeling, decision analysis, linear regression, forecasting and linear optimization.

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 50A1 Excel for Business Managers or equivalent.