MGT 201: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, WINTER 2012

 

• Course homepage:    http://ilearn.ucr.edu
• Office hours:   W 1:40 PM – 3:40 PM, or by appointment
• Class time: MGT 201: MW 3:40 PM -5:00 PM, MW 7:10 PM -8:30 PM, ANDHL118
• Required Textbooks:
  • Statistics for Managers, by Levine, Stephan, Krehbiel, & Berenson, 6th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2010
  • Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets, by Stephen G. Powell, Kenneth R. Baker, Wiley, 3rd edition, 2010
• Reference: Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, by John A. Rice, 3rd Ed., Duxbury Press, 2006
• Prerequisite:  MGT 403 (Calculus, linear algebra, and probability), Excel

SCHEDULE:

1. WEEK 1
1. Introduction, descriptive statistics
2. Assigned Readings: 
   lecture slides 1-3 (iLearn)
   chapters 2, 3
   review Excel (ilearn)
3. Suggested Readings:
   For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics (The New York Times pdf)
   The Joy of Stats: 200 years, 200 countries, 4 minutes (BBC)
   Math will rock your word (Businessweek)
4. HW1, due at 12 pm, Jan. 16 th, on iLearn
2. WEEK 2
1. Descriptive statistics, basic probability
2. Assigned readings:
   lecture slides 3, 4 (iLearn)
   chapter 4
3. Suggested Readings:
   The least surprising correlation of all time (follow-up) 
   Peter Donnelly shows how stats fool juries
4. HW2, due on Jan. 23, in class

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