This course examines alternative approaches to decision modeling and statistical analyses for business applications. Topics include the role of business analytics to gain value from data, data acquisition, interpretation of data, foundational elements of database management, and managing big data in an organizational setting. In this course, structured query language (SQL) is used to express decision making and analytical needs, explore datasets, sort, and process information from raw data to generate analytical results for key business insights. The course also discusses the impact of big data on organizational data-based systems and processes.
MSBA-521: Data Acquisition & Management for Business Analytics
Credits
3