L.BAN 300 - Applied Analytics

Credits: 3

This course provides an opportunity for students to conduct analyses of real data, following all stages from data acquisition and preparation through analysis and presentation. While good data analysis requires many skills, the vast majority of an analyst’s time is spent on preparing, cleaning, and understanding what the data actually means - how was data collected, how is data measured, and what does each variable really mean? There are no prerequisites and students are expected to have a range of abilities from novices to some with statistics backgrounds. Work will be done in groups with tasks appropriate for each student’s skill level. Projects will vary in subject areas, and may include survey data, use of public databases (e.g., Census data or sports data), or data sets collected by individual entities (such as particular business entities).
Prerequisite: L.MAT 115 or L.BUS 250
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable