This course is an introduction to probability and statistics. Main goal is to teach students how to apply various statistical concepts to decision making under uncertainty. After this course, students should be able to analyze data and relationships among variables using both descriptive and inferential statistics, and to evaluate and update decision alternatives so that they can find solutions to real life business problems.
Many of the Python demonstrations accompany the case studies from our textbook for class:
Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers, Sanjiv Jaggia, Alison Kelly, 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0078020551
Other resources used in class:
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Statistics in a Nutshell by Paul Andrew Watters, Sarah Boslaugh Released July 2008 Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 9780596510497