ACCT 5100 - Predictive Analytics in Accounting

3 credit hours
Continues the development of your quantitative, analytical, and statistical skills. Topics include computation of descriptive statistics, simple linear regression, multiple regression, and other topics involving predictive analytics in the field of accounting and auditing. Through the lectures, discussions, readings, practice problems, and case studies, you will have opportunities to develop your skills in several areas: applying statistical decision-making tools, using statistical software, and interpreting and communicating the findings. After completing this course, you should be able to identify appropriate applications of multiple regression and to apply their results in the management decision-making process.

 

Prerequisite Course(s): MBA 5000 or a comparable basic statistics course