This course is the second course in a two-semester sequence of business statistics. The models created in this second course rely heavily on the concepts and techniques covered in the first course. Business Statistics Business is becoming more quantitative all the time. Computers and inexpensive statistical software, such as that commonly built into many spreadsheet programs, make it possible for even the smallest business to use quite sophisticated statistical techniques and to make the use of simple statistics routine. It is expected that you will attend class regularly and complete assignments on time.
Late reports are penalized points.
The Announcements page especially should be consulted regularly. It not only allows you to receive information quicker than waiting for class, it also archives all announcements as well as assures you that you have not missed any announcements. The course emphasizes PC-SAS, a sophisticated integrated statistical package much used in the business world. Excel will also be used extensively. Spreadsheets increasingly incorporate quite useful statistical functions in them, and the ordinary spreadsheet functions lend themselves well to some of the statistical models developed in the course.