BUSS200 - Business Data Analysis

BUSS200 - Business Data Analysis
Course Number	BUSS200
Number of Credit Hours	3
Course Subject	Business
Taught at	Olayan School of Business

Course Description

This course is an introduction to applied statistics for business and management, with topics in estimation; hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; simple regression and correlation; multiple regression; introduction to nonparametric statistics; and goodness of fit tests and contingency analysis. The latter part of the course provides an introduction to some applied topics (e.g. statistical process control, and time series analysis and forecasting). Use of spreadsheets and interpretation of the output of analysis are emphasized.

Topical Coverage

Introduction to Statistics Data Gathering and Analysis, Descriptive Statistics (Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion), Probability, Random Variables and Probability Distributions (Discrete and Continuous), Sampling Distributions and The Central Limit Theorem, Statistical Inference (Estimation and Hypothesis Testing), Analysis of Variance, Regression and Correlation Analysis, Nonparametric Methods: Chi-Square Applications

Learning Goals

BUSS200_B-LG1: Business Professional Competence, BUSS200_B-LG2: Decision Making

Specific Learning Objectives

BUSS200_B-LG1.1: Business Professional Knowledge and Competence, BUSS200_B-LG2.1: Decision Making

Prerequisite Courses

MATH204 - Math for Social Sciences II, CMPS209 - Computers and Programming for the Sciences

Instructional Methodology

Lecture, Class Discussion, Classroom Exercises, Group Case Study

Performance Evaluation

BUSS200_Quiz 1, BUSS200_Quiz 2, BUSS200_Midterm Exam, BUSS200_Comprehensive Final Exam, BUSS200_Attendance and Participation, BUSS200_Case Analysis