Descriptive Analytics

Catalog description

The study of statistical methods for describing and analyzing data for use in business decisions. Topics include: data sources, descriptive statistics (frequency charts and graphs, central tendency, dispersion), probability and special probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation techniques, hypothesis testing of means and proportions, analysis of variance, nonparametric statistics, regression analysis, time series and forecasting techniques, and quality control procedures. Prerequisite: GBU 2013 (BUSI 23263).