Timeroom: Fall 2024

Durham Paul College of Business&Econ :: Decision Sciences

DS 803 (03) - Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis

Fundamentals of Statistical

Credits: 3.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Term 2 (10/28/2024 - 12/20/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 40
CRN: 15653

The course is designed to introduce the fundamentals of statistics needed for solving business analytics problems. The course will mainly cover the broadly defined subjects of random sampling, likelihoods, estimation using maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference using priors, computational statistics methods, interval estimation, hypothesis testing for continuous data, Gaussian linear models, and model diagnostics. The course will conclude with a brief introduction to nonparametric analysis.

Prerequisite(s): DS 802 with minimum grade of B-

Instructors: Burcu Eke Rubini

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
10/28/2024	12/20/2024	W	2:10pm - 5:30pm	PBLANE 216

Durham Paul College of Business&Econ :: Decision Sciences

DS 804 (02) - Exploration and Communication of Data

Communication of Data

Credits: 3.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Term 2 (10/28/2024 - 12/20/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 40
CRN: 13904

The goal of this course is to expose students to techniques and technologies that will enable them to collect, harvest and transform unstructured and structured data into useful business insights. The first half of the course deals with data management and provides an introduction to data types and sources, data acquisition and harvesting tools and techniques and effective strategies and methods for data aggregation and analysis. In the second half of the course, students learn about the theoretical underpinnings of data visualization and use a variety of software tools to visualize business data in order to generate insightful information that facilitates effective business decision making.

Only listed majors in section: BUSINESS ANLYT

Instructors: Kholekile Gwebu

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
10/28/2024	12/20/2024	M	8:10am - 11:30am	PBLANE 216

Durham Paul College of Business&Econ :: Decision Sciences

DS 815 (01) - Programming for Business Analytics

Prog for Bus Analytics

Online Course Delivery Method: Online Synchronous

Credits: 3.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Term 2 (10/28/2024 - 12/20/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 15297

This course introduces students to business programming. The course covers the Python programming language and students learn to collect, wrangle and manipulate data. Students also gain hands-on experience generating and presenting meaningful visualizations of quantitative and qualitative data to aid peer/managerial decision-making.

Only listed majors in section: BUSINESS ANLYT

Instructors: Kholekile Gwebu

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
10/28/2024	12/20/2024	W	5:40pm - 9:15pm	ONLINE

Durham Paul College of Business&Econ :: Decision Sciences

DS 898 (01) - Topics in Business Analytics

Topics in Business Analytics

Credits: 3.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 13446

Special Topics; may be repeated. Pre- and co-requisite courses vary. Please consult time and room schedule for the specific 898 topics section you are interested in for details.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits.

Cross listed with : DS 774.01

Instructors: Daniel Silverman

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	T	5:10pm - 8:00pm	PCBE 235

Additional Course Details:

The textbook for DS774 is Essentials of MIS, 15th edition along with MyLab. We will utilize the My Lab platform, case studies, simulations, and dynamic study modules. The ISBN for the book will be available mid-August. The latest version includes case studies from 2024. We will be given preferential pricing ($74.99)