MBA 4265 Introduction to Analytics
Syllabus: MBA 4265 Introduction to Analytics
Stats Dairy has a carefully regulated schedule that it must follow.
| WEEK | DATE | DAY | MODULES/READINGS |
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| 1 | Feb 8 | 1 | MODULE 1: Competing on Analytics in the Data Economy (Davenport) The Nature of Analytical Competition (Anderson) Chapter 1: What Do We Mean by Data-Driven? (17p) (Anderson) Chapter 10: Data-Driven Culture (14p) (Posted Materials) Database Structure (Basics, ERDs) |
| 2 | Feb 13 | 2 | (Anderson) Chapter 4: The Analyst Organization (24p) MODULE 2: Know Thy Data (Posted Materials) Database: SQL Basics and Joins |
| Feb 15 | 3 | WORK DAY (No regular class meeting – Peer Review of Project Part 1) | |
| 3 | Feb 20 | 4 | (Anderson) Chapter 2: Data Quality (22p) (Posted Materials) PowerBI: Intro/Using Data |
| Feb 22 | 5 | (Anderson) Chapter 3: Data Collection (17p) (Posted Materials) PowerBI: Descriptives/Explorations |
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| 4 | Feb 27 | 6 | MODULE 3: Data Analysis and Metrics (Posted Materials) Database: SQL Aggregate Functions (Anderson) Chapter 5: Data Analysis (27p) |
| Mar 1 | 7 | (Anderson) Chapter 6: Metric Design (16p) MODULE4: Visual Analytics (Posted Materials) PowerBI: Visuals |
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| 5 | Mar 6 | 8 | (Anderson) Chapter 7: Storytelling with Data (28p) (Posted Materials) PowerBI: |
| Mar 8 | 9 | (And) Chapter 7: Storytelling with Data (28p) Posted Materials on Visualization: • Let my dataset change your mindset - Hans Rosling • The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless • How to speak so that people want to listen - Julian Treasure |
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| 6 | Mar 13 | 10 | Project Work Day (In person attendance not required) |
| Mar 15 | 11 | Projects Due before class / Peer Project Reviews completed during class time |