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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

5700 (v.6) Information for Business Decisions 550

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Area: Curtin Graduate School of Business
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit focuses on developing a systematic and structured approach to coping with the ever-increasing quantity of business-related data. This unit gives students the tools and techniques for converting data into useful information and for developing the ability to structure complex decision problems into a rational framework, thus leading to coherence and consistency in decision-making. This unit covers statistical methods, relating and determining associations between the various aspects of relevant data and information, and causal models for forecasting and decision-making. Though not a computing unit, students need access to a computing package that allows statistical data analysis.
Field of Education: 010100 Mathematical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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