1. Publicly Available (Free) Databases Useful in Teaching Business Analytics Courses
William J. Miller
Christopher M. Lowery
J. Whitney Bunting College of Business, Georgia College & State University
Department of Management
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Presentation to the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Southeast Decision Science Institute-Charleston, SC

2. Publicly Available (Free) Databases
Business Analytics Teaching Database Clearinghouse
Interest
Viability
Benefits Toward Teaching
Benefits Toward Research
Metrics, Availability, and Maintenance
Metrics
Website or Quarterly ?
Mechanism for Updating
Should We House the Databases?
Considering They Could Disappear from their Original Site
Case Study: 2 Fall 2016 & 2 Spring 2017 Business Analytics Courses

3. Data Base Metrics Industry Data Base Name Data Source
Data Base Description
Database Url
Time Period(s)
Data Dictionary Yes or No or Something?
Number of Rows
Number of Continuous Variables
Number of Categorical Variables
Report (1) or Raw Data? (10) 1-10 scale
Comments/Recommendations/Project Outcomes from Users

4. Case Study Course Project We all work for a BA Consulting Firm
They Need To Develop Something Meaningful to Present to Potential Clients
Each Team
Identifies Industry of Interest
Finds Data Bases
Presents Report Using Business Analytics Process
Introduction (Data Base Source, Documentation, Validity)
Descriptive Analytics (Statistics and Graphs)
Issue of Categorical Variables
Predictive Analytics (Regression Models)
Correlation Tables, Scatter Diagrams, and Regression Models
Prescriptive Analytics
Target Organization (Business, Government Agency, Foundation, NGO, University, etc.)
Potential Application: Linear Programming, Decision Analysis, Simulation, Other Software, Algorithms, Heuristics
Benefits
Job Market, Excitement About Data Analytics Process, Research
Limitations
Real World, Convenience Samples, Limited N’s, Raw Data, Summary Data, Changing DBs

5. Georgia College Business Analytics Concentration
Business Analytics is required for all management majors (300+)
Considering a concentration that would appeal to some of them (30-60 per year)
those who want to go to a BA Masters or PhD program
those who want to be more marketable upon graduation with a BBA in Mgt
Three Course Concentration
Business Analytics: Overall Model, Conceptual and Data Analysis
Analyze Real World Data Base with Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive methods, SPSS
Marc J. Schniederjans, Dara G. Schniederjans, Christopher M. Starkey (2014). Business Analytics Principles, Concepts, and Applications: What, Why, and How, Pearson FT Press Edition 1. ISBN:
Business Modeling: Focus on Predictive Modeling
Regression, Logistical Regression, ANOVA, R software
Business Applications: Focus On Prescriptive Modeling and Case Studies
Linear Programming, Decision Analysis, Simulation
Questions
Adequacy, Value of Concentration?
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