Wharton Executive MBA program
Stat 601: Statistical Analysis for Management
Fall 2001

• Professor: Richard Waterman. Room 3066 SH-DH. waterman@wharton.upenn.edu (place WEMBA in subject line of all emails).

• Books: Basic Business Statistics (BBS): A Casebook by Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, Richard P. Waterman. Springer Verlag; ISBN: 0387983546 ;

• Business Analysis Using Regression (BAUR): A Casebook by Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, Richard P. Waterman. Springer Verlag; ISBN: 0387983562 ;

• JMP-IN statistical software.

• Course objectives: develop an appreciation, understanding and mastery of the ways in which statistical techniques can be used to solve business problems.

• Class preparation: Students should read through the specified casebook chapters prior to each class. Taking time to work through the examples using JMP-IN before class would be of great benefit.

• Content:
  • [09/06] Class 1. BBS Chapters 1, 2 & 3.
  • [09/07] Class 2 BBS Chapters 4, 5 & 6. HW1 out.
  • [09/21] Class 3 BBS Chapters 7 & 8. HW1 in. HW2 out.
  • [10/05] Class 4 BBS Chapters 9 & 10.
  • [10/20] Class 5 Midterm: HW2 in.
  • [11/02] Class 6 BAUR Chapters 1, 2 & 3. HW3 out.
  • [11/03] Class 7 BAUR Chapters 4, 5 & 6.
  • [11/10] Class 8 BAUR Chapters 7 & 8. HW3 in. HW4 out.
  • [11/30] Class 9 Regression review class.
  • [12/14] Class 10 BAUR Chapter 11: HW4 in.
  • [12/15] Class 11 Final.

• Grade: Homeworks (40%), Mid-term (30%) and Final (30%).
• Homeworks: HW1 (8%), HW2 (8%), HW3 (8%), HW4 (16%).
• Homeworks are group based.

• Academic integrity: all University rules will be followed with regard to academic integrity.