1. BA 301: Data Analysis and Decision Making
Yong Choi
School of Business Administration
CSU, Bakersfield

2. First Announcement
If you have not registered for this class, please leave this room as quiet as possible.

3. Instructor Name: Yong Choi, PhD Office: BDC 101
Office Hours: W(3-6pm)/Th (1-3pm)
Class Time: 3:10 – 5:15pm
Phone: (661)
Slow checking during weekend…

4. Websites for Course http:// www.csub.edu/~ychoi2
Tour of the course website!
You can download almost every class material from the course website…..

5. Course Material Textbook Course Website Blackboard
Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach
Author: Groebner, Shannon, Fry, and Smith
8th edition (either with or without Software CD)
Regular edition: ISBN-13:
Student value edition: ISBN-13: 
Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2008.
Course Website
Blackboard

6. Student Value Edition: as of August 27 (might be cheaper today??)

7. Tour of Blackboard http://www.csub.edu/els/bb9/
Tour of the course Blackboard!
You must “SELF-ENROLL” to the course Bb.
Try “How to Enroll in a Blackboard Course” on the university Blackboard website
Take the quiz and submit the assignment/exam through the course Blackboard

8. Goal of the Course 1
Designed for a student who finished Math 140 or equivalent course
Prerequisite must be satisfied…
Not interested in “PURE” scientific statistics…
Statistical analysis for “real-world” business situations
Interpretation of result in business terms

9. Goal of the Course 2 Learning how to learn Khan Academy:
impossible to finish the entire book (downside of quarter system) but would like to finish most important chapters
Stats: very popular subject (lots of online resources)
Khan Academy:
Recommended by Bill Gates and endorsed by Google
Offcial Curriculum for Los Altos School District

10. Goal of the Course 3 Learn-by-doing
Just like “Math”…cannot learn by reading
Master statistical functions of Excel
Use for every in-class
Excel (Analysis ToolPak)
Other FREE ONLINE tools and materials
NOT other tools (Mini Tab, SPSS, SAS: not everywhere)

11. Course Description 1 Why Excel? Available almost everywhere
Essential and critical tool for business student
Excel is an excellent statistical tool for relatively simple business analysis. (click following for downside of using Excel)
Not recommendable for scientific research analysis 11

12. Course Description 3 Class format
Hybrid: Wednesday(in-class) / Other Days(online)
Wednesday: hands-on class practices using Excel
Analysis ToolPak and other Excel functions
Online tools
Other Days: basic concepts and video lectures
24 availability and unlimited access
Beneficial for all level (i.e., beginner, advanced) because of easiness and repeatability
Khan Academy and example from the textbook

13. Why Hybrid? Save LECUTRE times for basics
impossible to finish required chapters if I have to lecture basics…we ONLY have 10 weeks
To use EXCELEENT resources that are available on the Internet….FREE
Khan Academy and other excellent stats websites
Future of education: ability to teach yourself

14. Course Description 4 Quiz through Blackboard Assignment (Group)
Open book and lecture note
Try “UNLIMITED TIMES”
Make sure to finish by the due date (the quiz not available after the due date)
Passing score : 30 out of 40 (each quiz worth 3%)
Assignment (Group)
Submit thru Blackboard (submission link)

15. Evaluation and Grading
Points scales are subject to change.
Quiz %
Each quiz worth 3% (total 10 quizzes)
Group Assignment (two assignment) 10%
Each assignment worth 5%
Midterm Examination 30%
All essay and in-class
Final Examination 30%
The exam format will be announced

16. No Interference Policy
Surfing the Internet w/o permission
Typing ( , paper…) and cell phone texting
Talking to classmates during the lectures
If you have any question, let your instructor know directly. Do not discuss your questions with your neighbors
Bottom line…do not distract the class
Up to 30 % of your total score can be deducted depending on the level of interference.

17. Bathroom Policy Need to go to the bathroom?
Stand next to the printer and then wait for my signal.
Remember, you MUST wait for my signal.
You are allowed to have ONLY one bathroom visit per class
If you violet this policy, minimum 10% penalty (based on your total score) will be applied.

18. Late Policy All Students must be on time to the class.
Late! Come in as quiet as possible….
If you late more than 20 minutes without any notification (at least 24hours), then it will be considered as “ABSENCE.”
If you violet this policy, minimum 10% penalty from your total score will be applied.

19. CSUB Policy
“Faculty have a fundamental responsibility to maintain the integrity of the learning environment. When confronted by unreasonable disruption in the classroom, faculty are expected to initiate actions to correct such conditions. Such actions may result in disciplinary action ranging from removal from the classroom to formal disciplinary sanctions, including probation, suspension, or expulsion.”

20. Submission 1
If it is required, you must submit the assignment and the exam through the Blackboard submission link. Otherwise, it will not be accepted.
If you’d like to avoid technical submission problems, please submit using a PC in the school computer lab (library)
And also try to submit at least 24 hours before the due date.

21. Submission 2
When you turn in an assignment, file name of your assignment or project must make sense.
Assignment3_Group2.docx

22. Submission 3
When you submit an assignment (or exam), you MUST CLOSE the Microsoft Excel COMPLETELY
Otherwise, you will receive ZERO POINT because ONLY title of you Excel file will be processed and accepted by Blackboard without including actual contents of your assignment (or exam).

23. Submission 4
And if an assignment requires to submit several files, you must submit all files together at once.
That is, you must "UPLOAD" all the assignment files together at once.

24. Course Guideline 1 Class Attendance
Notify me first by prior to the absence.
Miss a class because of a documentable illness or other reasonable cause, I will provide help. Otherwise, I do not repeat any lectures, labs……
The attendance will be checked (only in-class). 24

25. Course Guideline 2 The Blackboard email is an ONLY official email
Every BA 301 student is issued a Blackboard account.
It is the student's responsibility to regularly check his or her Blackboard to stay current with BA 301 course communications.
If you me using other systems after 10 days of the first class, I will not reply…….. 25

26. Course Guideline 3 Up to 40% penalization for followings:
surfing the Internet without a permission
typing ( , paper…)
talking to classmates during the lectures - If you have any question, let your instructor know directly. Do not discuss your questions with your neighbors (do not distract others….).
leaving class without any notification

27. Course Guideline 4
Microsoft Office is the ONLY official software for our university (No Microsoft Works).
Thus, you MUST use Microsoft Office when you submit assignments and projects.

28. Course Guideline 5 Late work will be not be accepted
Failure to submit an assignment by the deadline will result in a grade of 0.
A written excuses from the appropriate person such as a medical doctor is the only acceptable form of excuse.

29. Course Guideline 6
Office hours
Please do not use office hours to make up for a missed class (I do not repeat any lectures).
You must be able to demonstrate you have already put a reasonable effort into solving and/or analyzing the problems.
Honor code
Classroom conduct
Everyone is equal.

30. About MIS Lab DO NOT TRY TO FIX THE COMPUTER!!
You will never be penalized because of technical problems of this classroom.
Make sure the Internet connection of your computer works!
Bring a flash (stick) memory to save your work

31. MIS Lab Security Policy
IT and Dean’s office established an official security policy.
Students are not allowed to stay in the MIS Lab without a faculty member present.
Students will not be allowed to loan the MIS lab proxy card under no circumstances.
There are no exceptions to this rule.
Contact the Dean’s office if you have questions or suggestions about this policy