MSIS 698 - MSIS Special Topic

Unit(s): 3

This course will provide a foundation for performing, supporting, and evaluating business analytic work. You will learn structured approaches for performing business analysis in commercial software including Microsoft Excel for expressing your quantitative ideas, and SAS JMP for predictive analytics and data mining. You will understand the mindset and data needs of the business analyst, and the limitations of analytical work. You will explore the business analysis lifecycle and the necessity to perform analytical work iteratively, and the characteristics of high-quality analytics model assets that are suitable for reuse and transfer to others.

School of Management