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BUSS1020: Quantitative Business Analysis

All graduates from the BCom need to be able to use quantitative techniques to analyse business problems. This ability is important in all business disciplines since all disciplines deal with increasing amounts of data, and there are increasing expectations of quantitative skills. This unit shows how to interpret data involving uncertainty and variability; how to model and analyse the relationships within business data; and how to make correct inferences from the data (and recognise incorrect inferences). The unit will include instruction in the use of software tools (primarily spreadsheets) to analyse and present quantitative data.

Code BUSS1020
Academic unit Business Analytics
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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ECMT1010 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or STAT1021 or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or DATA1001 or MATH1115
Assumed knowledge:
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Mathematics (equivalent of band 4 in the NSW HSC subject Mathematics or band E3 in Mathematics Extension 1 or 2) OR MATH1111

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. use a variety of analytical and statistical tools that are useful for analysing business data
  • LO2. identify and test a hypothesis from a business perspective using data
  • LO3. communicate quantitative and statistical findings or results in a professional and ethical manner with a focus on business context.