Course Syllabus

MIS 315.A Data Analysis and Decision Modeling

Spring 2020-21
THURSDAY, 14:40-17:30

INSTRUCTOR
Name Nagihan ÇÖMEZ DOLGAN
E-mail nagihan.comez@ozyegin.edu.tr
Phone Number Online via ZOOM
Office Number Online via ZOOM
Office Hours Online via ZOOM on TBA and also through appointment by email

ACCEPTANCE OF SYLLABUS TERMS

Your enrollment in the course symbolizes your acceptance of the terms set forth in this
syllabus. Circumstances may arise during the course that prevents the instructor from fulfilling
each and every component of this syllabus. Therefore, your instructor reserves the right to
amend the syllabus throughout the semester. Students will be notified prior to any changes.

ACADEMIC HONESTY
Students are assumed to abide by academic honesty. Actions against academic honesty
include, but is not limited to cheating, attempting to cheat, plagiarizing, fabricating information
or citations, facilitating acts of dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of
examinations, submitting the work of another person, or tampering with the academic work of
other students. Any form of action against academic honesty is a serious academic violation
and will result in a disciplinary action and may result in student getting a zero (0) grade in the
related assessment and failing the course.

COURSE ORGANIZATION
Educational To improve analytical and technical skill of the students for making
objective good informed managerial decisions based on systematic analysis.
Course Description In this course, students are exposed to quantitative modeling and
decision making which help them analyze complex decision problems,
develop a good understanding of the dynamics involved, and be able to
generate good solutions. Topics include decision making under
uncertainty, simulation and risk analysis, and optimization modeling all
of which, address contexts where decisions need to be made based on
rigorous analysis. Students learn to use the underlying tools within a
spreadsheet environment by solving problems depicting real-world
business issues.
Learning outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be
able to:
LO 1 Identify and analyze uncertainty in decision making,
LO 2 Describe the constituents of decision analysis under uncertainty and
apply its tools in real settings,
LO 3 Develop basic static simulation models and do scenario analysis,
LO 4 Develop basic optimization models for decision making,
LO 5 Interpret the results of simulation and optimization based analysis,
LO 6 Communicate results orally and in writing.
Course Delivery Fully Online: You are not required to come to campus for lectures and
Methods other course activities. An online course is delivered over the Internet
synchronously. Lectures and other course activities are accessed
through links provided on the LMS.Homework assignments, recorded
lecture videos, lecture slides and any other resources will be provided
asynchronously on LMS.
Course Interaction Synchronous lectures.
Methods
 Student presentations will be delivered in groups and online during
class time. Homework assignments will be made individually and
submitted online.
Technology Used Zoom, MS Excel with several add-ins, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
by the Instructor for lectures. Zoom for exams.
Technology A computer/tablet with a built-in or stand-alone camera, a microphone,
Requirements for and MS Excel and MS Word software installed in order to participate in
Students the course and assessments. Zoom for lectures and office hours. MS
PowerPoint to complete their presentations. Zoom for exams.

ONLINE COURSE ADMINISTRATION

Students who register to this course are assumed to have accepted the following rules and
regulations.
Fully ● All online course delivery will be made throughout the scheduled
Synchronous days/hours of the course.
● Instructors would normally be recording their own video/audio during
the lectures, but students’ audiovisual data may also end up being
recorded especially during question & answer periods. Students who
do not wish their audiovisual data to be recorded may turn off their
video/audio. Students who leave their video/audio on during the
lectures are assumed to have allowed recording/sharing of their
audiovisual data.
● Instructors may make lecture recordings, and course-related videos
and documents available to students asynchronously.
● At times during the lectures, students’ active involvement in certain
activities may be requested by the instructors which would require
students to turn on their video/audio during those times. If a student
declines to turn on his/her video/audio when requested, then he/she
is assumed not to have participated at these activities.
● The instructors may request students to turn on their video/audio at
certain instances during the lectures in order to take attendance. If a
student declines to turn on his/her video/audio when requested, then
he/she is assumed not to have attended the lecture.

COURSE MATERIALS
Required Books Practical Management Science, 6th edition, by Wayne Winston and
Chris Albright, 2019. ISBN: 9781337406659.
Recommended Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making, 7th Edition by S.
Books Christian Albright | Wayne L. Winston.
Other Materials A collection of mandatory readings will be uploaded on LMS.
 WEEKLY SUBJECTS (TENTATIVE)
Week Date Subject
1 25.02.2021 What is Spreadsheet Modeling? Part I. Modeling in
2 04.03.2021 What is Optimization Modeling? Decision Making
3 11.03.2021  Linear Programming Modeling
 Hmw # 1 Due
4 18.03.2021 Sensitivity Analysis
Part II. Optimal
5 25.03.2021  Modeling Integer Decisions
Decision Making
 Hmw # 2 Due
Under Certainty
6 01.04.2021 Network Models
7 08.04.2021  Modeling Nonlinear Problems
 Hmw # 3 Due
8 15.04.2021 MIDTERM EXAM
9 22.04.2021  What is simulation?
 Probability Basics Part III. Decision
10 29.04.2021  Monte Carlo Simulation Making Under
 Hmw #4 Due Uncertainty
11 06.05.2021 Value of Information
12 13.05.2021
No Class This Week
13 20.05.2021  Risk Attitudes
 Withdrawal Week  Hmw #5 Due
14 Part IV. Modeling
27.05.2021 Utility Axioms, Paradoxes, and Implications.
Preferences
15 03.06.2021  Conflicting Objectives.
 Hmw #6 Due

ASSESSMENT METHODS, WEIGHTS AND RULES

Type Weight Assessment Implementation Makeup Rule
Method Rule
Final Exam 25% Online with Zoom Open written book and BÜT exam will
proctoring written notes. Modeling serve as the
and discussion makeup for the final
questions on Excel. exam.
Midterm Exam 25% Online with Zoom Open written book and Allowed to take a
proctoring written notes. Modeling make-up exam only
and discussion if there is a valid
questions on Excel and proved excuse.
The make-up exam
will be given after
the end of the last
class, before the
start of the final
period. The make-
up exam will be
cumulative, i.e.,
include all course
material.
Homework 15% Online. Will be To help developing No make-up will be
completed and your understanding of given. When
submitted as soft copy the material, six computing the
individually. homework assignments average grade of
will be given to be assignments, the
completed and one with the lowest
submitted individually. grade will be
These assignments will dropped.
be in terms of short
case analysis from
various disciplines
(finance, economics,
marketing, HR,
operations) that require
spreadsheet usage.
Quiz 15% Online. Will be Six short quizzes based No make-up will be
completed and on assigned homework given. When
assignments will be computing the
 submitted as soft copy given during the class average grade of
individually. time. quizzes, the one
with the lowest
grade will be
dropped.
Presentation 10% Online, plenary There are academic No make-up.
presentation, in groups. journal articles
describing real-world
applications of
Management Science
techniques from
sources such as
Harvard Business
Review, The
Economist, etc. Each
group will choose an
article from the reading
list and then present a
summary of it online
during class time that
will be spread out over
the semester. It will be
around 10 minutes
(excluding Q&As). By
the beginning of the
semester, each group
will choose an article
from a list that will be
posted on LMS. By the
end of the semester,
peer evaluation forms
will be collected to
assess every group
member’s contribution.
Attendance/ 10% Regular attendance to During each lecture in- For each student,
Interaction lectures is strongly class exercises will be completing 85% of
(Participation) encouraged. During made under the these exercises
synchronous lectures, guidance of the successfully will get
participation activities instructor. Students will full attendance
will be collected online. be asked to submit points.
their own worked
exercises during the
class time.
Total 100%

ONLINE EXAM ADMINISTRATION

Students who register to this course are assumed to have accepted the following rules and
regulations.
Online with Zoom ● The students’ live video may be recorded by the instructor during the
Proctoring exam in order to have a record of it in case of objections to exam
results.
● Students are not allowed to make any recordings during the exam.
● A detailed procedure that the students must follow during the exam
will be provided by the instructor prior to the exam.

ASSESSMENT(S) BEFORE THE WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE

Type of Assessment(s) Weight(s) Date by When the Score of the
Assessment is to be Announced
Midterm % 25 Latest by 17-05-2020
4 Homework assignments % 10 Latest by 17-05-2020
4 Quizzes % 10 Latest by 17-05-2020
Participation % 7.5 Latest by 17-05-2020

DETERMINING LETTER GRADE

● The individual presentations and case reports will be graded relative to each other.
● For the final letter grade, I look for natural breakpoints among total weighted scores. The
particular grade depends on respective class performance. Any other special requirement
to pass the course.

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EXPECTED STUDENT SEMESTER WORKLOAD
Activities Carried Out in The Presence of An Instructor Total Hours in Semester
Lecture (Including Discussion Sessions) 3 per week*14=42
Recitation/Practice 3 hrs before each
exam*2=6
Laboratory/Studio/Kitchen/Flight
Field Work
Activities Carried Out by The Learner Him/Herself Total Hours in Semester
Working on Assignments 6 assignments*6=36
Pre-class Learning of Course Material 12 classes*2=24
Review of Course Material for Exam Preparation 15 hrs for before each
exam*2=30
Preparing the individual presentation 12
Overall Total Hours in Semester 150

OTHER RULES AND INFORMATION

Health and Safety Announced safety procedures must be strictly followed during any laboratory and
similar work. Please refer to the safety guidelines posted in the laboratories. In
case of emergencies, call 9911 (216 564 9911).
Accessibility Reasonable accommodations will be provided for students with verifiable
disabilities. Please inform your instructor if you need any assistance.
Academic and Students can get help from the Writing Center, Solution Center, Library and
Technical Support MyOzU in case they need academic and/or technical support with their classes.
Objections to Students who object to their exam results and cannot resolve their objections
Examination with the instructor of the course, may file a written petition for a review of their
Results exam papers at their Dean’s/Director’s Office within five business days from the
announcement of their exam results.
Unauthorized Recording/sharing of synchronous/asynchronous lectures or copying of lecture
Recording/Sharing recordings are prohibited without the permission of the instructor. Actions such
of Lectures as unauthorized recording, giving the recording to someone else, taking it, using
it or sharing it in physical or virtual media are prohibited and/or are offenses
according to the relevant legislation. In such cases, legal procedures will be
initiated in addition to starting disciplinary actions against those involved.
Flexibility Circumstances may arise during the course that prevents the instructor from
fulfilling each and every component of this syllabus; therefore, the syllabus is
subject to change. Students will be notified prior to any changes.