73-415 Data Driven Business and Public Policy Decision Making

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

In this course students will learn to leverage data to inform business and policy decisions. The course will teach students various methods for data description, including techniques of data visualization and statistical techniques. Students will learn how to assess the precision of estimation techniques. The final part of the course covers examples taken from epidemiology, economics, business and public policy. Lecture, 3 hours Recitation 1 hour. Minimum grade of C required in all economics and statistics prerequisite courses.

Prerequisites: (21-268 or 21-256 or 21-269 or 21-259) and 73-230 (min C) and 73-265 (min C)

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