Courses

Data has quickly become one of the most important corporate assets for many firms and should be leveraged to gain a competitive advantage. This course will teach managers to leverage data using statistical techniques including predictive modeling to improve data-driven decision-making.

Introduces students to the cycle of collecting (using surveys and experiments), analyzing (using Excel) and reporting conclusions about psychological and other social and behavioral sciences data. The course provides a critical thinking approach for quantitative argumentation with data.

Introduction to basic data analysis (by Excel) used in social and behavioral science research, including descriptive and inferential techniques and elements of research design.

Students concentrate on data acquisition, and the analysis, interpretation, presentation, Students gain hands-on experience with information technology used in the used to enhance students' knowledge and skills.

This course covers practical strategies to collect and analyze big data, disseminate results that will drive informed decision making, and optimize revenue in the sport hospitality industry.

Students gain experience using a variety of software applications to create charts, graphs, and other visual presentations of social science data, in order to communicate complex quantitative information to non-specialists.

Scientific programming and statistical methods commonly used in geology; univariate and multivariate statistical analyses to geological data; writing short programming scripts for R; evaluating statistical approaches and solving methodological obstacles.

This course is an elaboration of BFN 130. It provides an intro- duction of how financial data are generated and their limita- tions. Topics include techniques for analyzing the flow of busi- ness’s funds, methods for selecting and interpreting financial ratios, and analytical tools for predicting and testing assump- tions about a firm’s future performance. Upon completion this course, the student will have the necessary skills to work with financial statements. Code C. (as needed)

Designed to help develop the aptitude to understand and interpret financial reports for the purpose of analyses, forecasting, budgeting, and decision making.

Developing and evaluating hypotheses about linguistic data drawn from a variety of languages in the areas of sound structure (phonology), word structure (morphology), and sentence structure (syntax).