Course Outline

MBA 640 ON RAMP

Winter 2021 (December 1, 2021 –January 9, 2022)

Instructor: Dr. DANIELLE MORIN Tutor: Shuo Han

Danielle.Morin@Concordia.ca shuo.han.0505@gmail.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This short program is a preparation for MBA 643, Managerial Analytics. It focuses on descriptive statistics
and some graphical representations using Excel.

COURSE MATERIAL

• Textbook for MBA643: Camm, J.D., Cochran, J.J., Fry, M.J., Ohlmann, J.W., Anderson, D.R.,
Sweeney, D.J, & Williams, T.A. Business Analytics, 3e edition, Cengage Learning 2018.
• Power point notes and YouTube videos are available on Moodle

EVALUATION

An online multiple-choice exam must be written and a minimal result of 70% must be achieved. The
exam can be taken twice between January 7, 10 am and January 9, 10 pm. A waiting period
of 2 hours is required between attempts.
Module Topics Youtube video links
Introduction and basic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_cw4plFgo&feature=youtu.be
1
definitions
Tables and graphs for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hviXvqFIdn8&feature=youtu.be
2
categorical data
Tables and graphs for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3iZqQNI4WY&feature=youtu.be
3
numerical data
Descriptive Statistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adcL-0wVw6o&feature=youtu.be
4
Measures of location
Descriptive Statistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlKuYlMuqtI&feature=youtu.be
5
Measures of dispersion
Descriptive Statistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0z_C1gT8Gg&feature=youtu.be
6
Shape of distribution
Measures of https://youtu.be/bHirybxD988
7
Association
Review 4 hour Live Zoom Tutorials (identical)

Tutorial Option 1 Tuesday December 28, 18:00 to 22:00

Tutorial Option 2 Wednesday December 29, 8:00 to 12:00