Management Science with Data Analytics. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: MBA 5113 and MBA 5133 . This course provides students with knowledge and applications of quantitative methods and data analytics tools commonly used in the fields of management science and operations management. The focus is to demonstrate how to analyze raw data and solve managerial and technical problems encountered in various functional areas in business. The topics covered under the “data analytics” portion of the course include descriptive analytics, measures of location/shape/variability, normal probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and simple/multiple linear regression. The topics covered under the “management science” portion of the course include time series analysis and forecasting, and various optimization tools such as linear and integer linear programming, and distribution and network models. Computer software and spreadsheet models are adopted in the instructions. Generally Scheduled Location: Main Campus, Internet. This course has Differential Tuition.