Course Description
Hands-on data analysis and statistics using Excel, geared toward business applications. Covers organizing and visualizing data, descriptive measures, hypothesis tests, regression, and forecasting.
Athena Title
App Stats Bus Decisions
Prerequisite
(STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E or STAT 2010 or STAT 2100H or BIOS 2010 or BIOS 2010E) and (AAEC(ENVM) 3020 or AAEC 3020E)
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
A. Learn to read and visualize data using software such as Excel. B. Learn how to form hypotheses about data and test them using statistical methods. C. Understand how regression and hypothesis testing are used to inform decisions.
Topical Outline
1. Visualizing and organizing raw data 2. Describing characteristics of a sample 3. Hypothesis testing in practice 4. Simple linear regression 5. Multiple regression and model building
Syllabus