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This document provides information about an Analytics Foundations course. The course is a 4-credit core course that deals with building fundamental analytics concepts through statistics applicable to business analytics. It includes topics like basic statistics, probability theory, linear models, general linear models, factor analysis, and time series models. The 60-hour course involves 28 hours of classroom lectures and 32 hours of lab sessions. Students will be evaluated based on 3 in-class tests and a practical exam using R or SPSS software. The goal is for students to understand how to apply statistics in real business environments.

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Symbiosis Centre For Management & Human Resource Developement

This document provides information about an Analytics Foundations course. The course is a 4-credit core course that deals with building fundamental analytics concepts through statistics applicable to business analytics. It includes topics like basic statistics, probability theory, linear models, general linear models, factor analysis, and time series models. The 60-hour course involves 28 hours of classroom lectures and 32 hours of lab sessions. Students will be evaluated based on 3 in-class tests and a practical exam using R or SPSS software. The goal is for students to understand how to apply statistics in real business environments.

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SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN

RESOURCE DEVELOPEMENT
[Constituent ofSYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SIU)]
(Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, by notification No.F.9-12/2001 – U.3 of the Government of India)
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Course Name: Analytics Foundations

Course Status: Core

Credits: 4
Course Description:This course deals with building fundamental concepts in
analytics through an exposure of essential tenets of statistics as applicable to
business analytics.

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Course Content:

Topic Classroom Hrs Lab Hrs


Basic Statistics and
1 10 4
Probability Theory

2 Linear Models 2 4

3 General Linear Models 2 4

4 Factor and Cluster Analysis 2 4

5 CHAID & CART 2 4

6 Neural networks 2 2

7 Basic Time Series Models 6 4


Introduction to Bayesian
8 2 4
Statistics
9 Monte Carlo Simulation 2
28 32
Total
60

Method of Instruction:Classroom lectures and laboratory sessions

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SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPEMENT
[Constituent ofSYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SIU)]
(Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, by notification No.F.9-12/2001 – U.3 of the Government of India)
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Learning Outcomes: Understand the application of statistics in real life business


environment.

Course Textbook:
References:
1) An R Companion to Applied Regression Analysis, John Fox, Sage Pub., 2011
2) Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, John Fox, Sage Pub., 2008
3) Generalized Linear Models, Olafsson
4) A First Course in Bayesian Statistical Methods, Peter D Hoff, Springer 2009
5) Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods, T Carsey& J Harden, Sage, 2014
6) Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis, Montgomery, Peck & Vining, Wiley, 2003
7) Introductory Time Series with R, P Cowpertwait& A Metcalfe, Springer, 2009
8) Pattern Recognition & Machine Learning, C Bishop, Springer, 2006
9) R Machine Learning Essentials, Michele Usuelli, Packt Publishing, 2014
10) Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, John Kruschke, Academic Press, 2013
11) The R Cookbook, Paul Teetor, O’Reilly, 2011

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SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPEMENT
[Constituent ofSYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SIU)]
(Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, by notification No.F.9-12/2001 – U.3 of the Government of India)
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Method of Evaluation:

Tests 3 tests of 40 marks each


Final Exam Practical exam using R/SPSS (80 marks)

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