This tentative course schedule is created using R & R Markdown.
Some trivia facts about R:
R is free.
R is one of the top two most common programming languages in business analytics (Harvard Business School).
There are about 100,000 job advertisements for R-related roles in the US (e.g., Indeed.com).
Many business/marketing analytics jobs may require basic R or Python programming skills ESEGBA (2022).
“Why did the marketer get off the trampoline? He was worried about his bounce rate.”
Week | Topics | Due |
---|---|---|
Week 1 | Introduction | Discussion 1 |
Week 2 | Research Design/Bivariate Analysis | Discussion 2 |
Week 3 | Secondary Research | Discussion 3 |
Week 4 | t-test & Anova/project session | Discussion 4/Project Proposal |
Week 5 | Forecasting/Basic regression analysis | Discussion 5/Course Certificate 1 |
Week 6 | Sampling/Experimental Design | Discussion 6 |
Week 7 | Survey Development | Discussion 7/Group Assignment 1 |
Week 8 | Project Session | Course Certificate 2 |
Week 9 | Project presentation/Survey Design & Distribution | Discussion 8 |
Week 10 | Secondary Data Analysis-Dashboard Design | Discussion 9/Exam 1 |
Week 11 | Survey Distribution & Data Processing | Discussion 10/Group Assignment 2 |
Week 12 | Project session/K-means Cluster analysis/PCA | Discussion 11/Course Certificate 3 |
Week 13 | project session | Group Assignment 3 |
Week 14 | Dashboard Design | Project session & course portfolio |
Week 15 | Project presentations | Project presentations & Course reflections |
There is no need to buy any textbook for the course. The instructor will provide learning resources and Open Licensed Materials for you free of charge.
You will be expected to perform some basic marketing analytics labs and discussions using R. However, no prior knowledge of R or R Studio is required.
You can find some of my previous course evals here: https://github.com/utjimmyx/resources. Reading the anonymous comments leaving by previous students will help you evaluate your expected efforts and learning goals from a former student’s perspective.
Harvard Business School. 9 Skills Every Business Analytics Professional Needs.https://analytics.hbs.edu/admissions/top-business-analytics-skills/.
ESEGBA (2022). What Jobs Use R? A Comprehensive Guide. https://careerkarma.com/blog/jobs-that-use-r/