Strategic Decision Making With Data Analytics

1.5 units

This course combines data, statistical methods, and computation to gain insights and make useful inferences and predictions. This course will take a holistic approach to help you understand the critical elements of data science, from data collection and exploratory data analysis to modeling, evaluation, communication of results, and analysis. You will be discussing case studies, understanding the coding process, and hearing from industry experts to give you a hands-on experience with the data science process. Throughout the course, we will emphasize critical analytical thinking skills, data ethics, and data understanding. By the end of the course, you will be able to use data and reproducible data science methods to answer questions and guide decision-making. Students may not earn credit for both DAT 5410 and DAT 6551.