QMB 210 Business Statistics and Analytics

An introductory course in business statistics and analytics that covers commonly used methods to support business problem-solving and decision-making. Descriptive and predictive analytics techniques are applied with an emphasis on the justification for their use, and the interpretation and validation of their results. Topics include, but are not limited to, descriptive statistics, probability, random variables and probability distributions, sampling distributions, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, forecasting and the role of big data in organizations. A statistical software package is used to illustrate methods and techniques.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

BAC 100 and MAT 160 (all COB majors are required to take MAT 225)

Offered

fall, spring and summer semesters.