DSIM 307 Introduction to Business Analytics
Business Analytics is the use of data, informationtechnology, statistics, and quantitative analysesfor continuous iterative exploration andinvestigation of data to gain insight and drivebusiness planning. In other words, how cancompanies use the vast amounts of data availableto them to make better decisions? This courseapplies descriptive, predictive and prescriptiveanalytics to transform data into actionableinformation. The topics covered will includestatistics and data visualization (descriptivemodels), time series analysis and forecasting(predictive models), and optimization simulationand decision analysis (prescriptive models).