EMBA 8150: Data Analytics

Syllabus for Spring 2020

Instructor: Dr. Satish Nargundkar  Office: 727 College of Business  Office Hours:  By appointment

E-Mail : snargundkar@gmail.com Website: http://nargund.com/gsu Phone: (678) 644 6838

Tentative Schedule for Spring 2020

Date	Topic	Resources	Assignments Due
Weekend1
Friday Jan 10 2:00–6:00	Introduction Decision Making and Risk Cognitive Biases Why Analytics? Overview of Analytics The Initial Client Meeting	Movie: 12 Angry Men Book: Being Wrong Book: Competing on Analytics Notes – Initial Client Meeting	Assignment 1 Due on Friday, Jan 24 by 11:59 PM. (Sample Design) Social Media Minutes Data
Saturday Jan 11 2:00–6:00	Quiz 1 Predictive Models Understanding Simple Regression	Shoe Size Example Notes – Simple Regression
Weekend2
Saturday Jan 25 2:00–6:00	Quiz 2 Multiple Regression Example Classification Techniques Model Building and Evaluation Excel Example - Classification	Notes – Multiple Regression Lung Capacity Data Dummy Variables data Classification Exercise Titanic Survival Data	Assignment 2 Due on Thursday, Feb. 06 by 11:59 PM
Weekend3
Friday Feb 07 2:00–6:00	Quiz 3 Time Series Forecasting Moving Averages Trendlines Decomposition	Walmart Revenue Data
Saturday Feb 08 2:00–6:00	Quiz 4 Optimization Conclusion	Book: Thinking, Fast and slow	Team Project Due Sunday, Feb 24^th by 11:59 PM. Project Report Guidelines