Topic: Quantitative Forecasting for Non Profits

Catalog description

Using quantitative techniques, this course is designed to show students how to forecast certain variables of interest for non-profit corporations. Students will initially develop an understanding of the mathematics of forecasting. There are several different techniques of analysis that students will be exposed and the merits/demerits of each discussed in detail. They also will receive instruction in the application of a statistical/forecasting program as it relates to non-profits. MINITAB is an established program with a user friendly interface and students will be given detailed instructions in its application to forecasting type problems. Finally, and most importantly, they will be able to apply this knowledge to a unique data set, supplied by a non-profit here in Westchester. Students will be given the opportunity to present their research results to the non-profit and discuss its inferences and significance in terms of the organization.