SemesterFall Semester, 2017
DepartmentIMBA Program, First Year IMBA Program, Second Year
Course NameBusiness Quantitative Methods
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule
Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA


Requirement/Grading

The course is taught as a mix of lectures, case/data set presentations, class discussions, interactive problem-solving, and computer exercises/demonstrations. Case/data set analyses illustrate applications in diverse areas of management and provide opportunities for the creative application of statistics to unstructured management problems. Homework exercises emphasize the understanding of concepts and aim to develop proficiency in translating business problems into statistical questions. Computer exercises familiarize the students with statistical software for data analysis.



• Homework assignments 10 %



• Cases 10 %



• Team and class participation 10 %



• Lab test 5%



• Quiz 10%



• Mid-term examination 20 %



• Final examination 35 %


Textbook & Reference

  1. Textbook: Textbook: Statistics for Business and Economics, 13th edition by D. R. Anderson, D. J. Sweeney, and T. A. Williams, J. D. Camm, and J. J. Cochran South-Western Publishing, 2017, ISBN: 9781305585317, International Edition locally distributed by 滄海書局.

  2. Class handouts – to be distributed in class.

  3. IBM SPSS (http://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/spss/), a commercial statistics package, and Excel add-ons Solver will be used extensively.


Urls about Course
Attachment

BQM syllabus 2017.pdf