HINF 640 - Business Analytics

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

Data analytics and decision analytics are examined in this course. This course discusses the manager’s strategies and tools for problem solving and decision making in domains in which data, including text, web, and social networks information, and how computer models can be used as descriptive and predictive tools to gain the insight needed to guide decision making. The course concentrates on big and small data, and structured and unstructured data. Statistical models for understanding patterns and relationships in health data, data visualization, simulation, modeling and forecasting will be taught. Key regulatory for healthcare data reporting requirements are also taught. Base SAS and other relevant statistical software and spreadsheet will be used.
Prerequisite: BADM 530 or equivalent

Academic Catalog

HINF 640 - Business Analytics