Business Management

General objectives The course STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS provides students with the necessary knowledge to use data analysis to support business decisions. Through case studies, classroom exercises and group work, students will be able to acquire the main statistical techniques that will allow the treatment of the entire chain of multidimensional statistical analysis, from data collection to pre-treatment and to the final extraction of knowledge useful for decisions. Specific goals Knowledge and understanding: The course STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS provides students with the knowledge of data collection, cleaning and pre-treatment and the subsequent data analysis. The illustration of the theoretical arguments will proceed in parallel with the application to real data. In particular, the course allows the student to use some of the main data analysis techniques. Application skills: By mean of classroom exercises, case studies and group work, the course STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS supports students in the practical application of the main statistical techniques of data analysis for business decisions. At the end of the course, students will be able to formulate a research objective, to build a data matrix consistent with the objectives and to identify and implement the most suitable statistical methodology. Critical and judgment skills: The contents of the course allow the student to evaluate which reasearch questions can be achieved and how to achieve them. In particular, the course aims to develop skills in statistical data analysis. Communication skills: The course STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS aims to strengthen written and oral skills, with particular attention to the communication of the results of statistical data analysis for business decisions. Learning skills: The course shape student’s autonomy in the study and of one's own learning. This is also made possible through the execution of an applied project to be carried out in a group.