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BIT-2405: Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling

Description: Introduction to basic statistical (inference) tools, analytics techniques, and modeling necessary in managerial decision-making. The decision-making aspect of the course, while utilizing quantitative/computational thinking, will emphasize ethical reasoning. Topics include, but are not limited to, descriptive statistics, elementary probability theory, sampling and sampling distributions, portfolio management, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, analysis of variance, big data, and data analytics.

Pathways: 5F Quant & Comp Thnk Found., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 270

Average GPA: 2.94 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 22.26%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.31%

Bryan M Hertweck200541.7%33.3%8.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%3.081
Raymond L Major202322.3%40.0%23.9%5.3%2.4%6.2%2.7726
Terry R Rakes201223.0%43.1%22.7%4.4%5.5%1.4%2.714
Jia Ru201018.8%37.6%18.9%18.8%6.3%0.0%2.481
Trevor G Kennedy201129.4%47.1%23.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.041
Daniel Simundza202425.9%43.2%21.0%1.6%1.9%6.4%2.9514
Kellie B Keeling200744.1%30.0%12.3%5.7%7.9%0.0%2.892
Gary M Fetter200942.4%36.2%16.6%1.7%3.1%0.0%3.103
Michael A King200945.5%22.7%18.2%4.5%9.1%0.0%2.921
Mauro Falasca200840.6%28.0%22.7%5.6%3.1%0.0%2.983
Quinton J Nottingham202119.0%39.2%25.2%5.0%4.2%7.5%2.6737
James D Kern202425.5%47.9%19.1%2.5%1.7%3.4%2.9543
Patricia L Kitchin200841.3%40.3%12.4%3.7%2.3%0.0%3.1213
Ernest C Houck200517.6%48.5%27.3%2.2%4.5%0.0%2.704
Gregory E Smith200626.4%51.8%15.2%5.9%0.8%0.0%2.974
Shingirai C Kwaramba201738.3%20.6%17.7%5.8%8.8%8.8%2.751
Lara Z Khansa201531.9%45.2%16.2%3.5%1.1%2.1%3.0418
Jay M Teets201527.9%45.5%22.8%1.3%2.5%0.0%2.942
Richard M Jones201744.6%33.7%14.7%3.6%1.5%2.0%3.1741
Franklin T Warren200912.0%32.0%34.0%14.0%8.0%0.0%2.271
Sheneeta W White200821.6%43.1%31.4%0.0%3.9%0.0%2.841
Nohel Zaman201850.6%35.0%10.3%0.2%0.9%3.0%3.342
James A Pokorski200725.2%50.9%18.5%3.7%1.6%0.0%2.935
Laura L Clark200622.8%39.5%26.9%10.2%0.6%0.0%2.762
Onur Seref201739.9%32.8%20.0%3.1%1.9%2.3%3.059
David M Goldberg201966.5%23.5%8.2%0.4%0.0%1.3%3.574
Daeeun Choi202116.7%48.4%25.1%5.0%3.3%1.7%2.741
Lucian M Zelazny200625.3%42.7%23.5%5.3%3.3%0.0%2.8214
Jeremy D Sudweeks202420.4%48.3%20.8%3.0%2.5%4.9%2.839
Kang Xia201947.8%35.9%14.1%0.0%0.0%2.2%3.351
Peter D Banks202216.1%55.8%18.1%0.6%2.0%7.4%2.911
Zhilei Qiao201785.7%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.861

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