This unit focuses on developing a systematic and structured approach to coping with the ever-increasing quantity of business-related data. This unit gives students the tools and techniques for converting data into useful information and for developing the ability to structure complex decision problems into a rational framework, thus leading to coherence and consistency in decision-making. This unit covers statistical methods, relating and determining associations between the various aspects of relevant data and information, and causal models for forecasting and decision-making. Though not a computing unit, students need access to a computing package that allows statistical data analysis. -- Course Website
