Business Analytics 6th edition

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Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, and Jeffrey W. Ohlmann
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Analytics
    • 1.1: Business Analytics and Decision Making
    • 1.2: Using Analytics for Improved Decision Making and Problem Solving
    • 1.3: Big Data
    • 1.4: Artificial Intelligence
    • 1.5: Business Analytics in Practice
    • 1.6: Legal and Ethical Issues in the Use of Data and Analytics
    • 1: Conceptual Problems
    • 1: Extra Problems
    • 1: Test Bank

  • Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics
    • 2.1: Overview of Using Data: Definitions and Goals
    • 2.2: Types of Data
    • 2.3: Exploring Data in Excel
    • 2.4: Creating Distributions from Data
    • 2.5: Measures of Location
    • 2.6: Measures of Variability
    • 2.7: Analyzing Distributions
    • 2.8: Measures of Association Between Two Variables
    • 2: Conceptual Problems
    • 2: Application Problems
    • 2: Extra Problems
    • 2: R Practice Problems
    • 2: Python Practice Problems
    • 2: Excel Online Activities
    • 2: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 2: Test Bank

  • Chapter 3: Data Visualization
    • 3.1: Overview of Data Visualization
    • 3.2: Tables
    • 3.3: Charts
    • 3.4: Specialized Data Visualization
    • 3.5: Visualizing Geospatial Data
    • 3.6: Data Dashboards
    • 3: Conceptual Problems
    • 3: Application Problems
    • 3: Extra Problems
    • 3: R Practice Problems
    • 3: Python Practice Problems
    • 3: Excel Online Activities
    • 3: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 3: Test Bank

  • Chapter 4: Data Wrangling: Data Management and Data Cleaning Strategies
    • 4.1: Discovery
    • 4.2: Structuring
    • 4.3: Cleaning
    • 4.4: Enriching
    • 4.5: Validating and Publishing
    • 4: Conceptual Problems
    • 4: Application Problems
    • 4: Extra Problems
    • 4: R Practice Problems
    • 4: Python Practice Problems
    • 4: Excel Online Activities
    • 4: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 4: Test Bank

  • Chapter 5: Probability: An Introduction to Modeling Uncertainty
    • 5.1: Events and Probabilities
    • 5.2: Some Basic Relationships of Probability
    • 5.3: Conditional Probability
    • 5.4: Random Variables
    • 5.5: Discrete Probability Distributions
    • 5.6: Continuous Probability Distributions
    • 5: Conceptual Problems
    • 5: Application Problems
    • 5: Extra Problems
    • 5: R Practice Problems
    • 5: Python Practice Problems
    • 5: Excel Online Activities
    • 5: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 5: Test Bank

  • Chapter 6: Unsupervised Machine Learning
    • 6.1: Dimension Reduction
    • 6.2: Cluster Analysis
    • 6.3: Association Rules
    • 6.4: Text Analytics
    • 6: Conceptual Problems
    • 6: Extra Problems
    • 6: R Application Problems
    • 6: Orange Application Problems
    • 6: Python Application Problems
    • 6: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 6: Test Bank

  • Chapter 7: Statistical Inference
    • 7.1: Selecting a Sample
    • 7.2: Point Estimation
    • 7.3: Sampling Distributions
    • 7.4: Interval Estimation
    • 7.5: Hypothesis Tests
    • 7.6: Test of Independence
    • 7.7: Big Data, Statistical Inference, and Practical Significance
    • 7: Conceptual Problems
    • 7: Application Problems
    • 7: Extra Problems
    • 7: R Practice Problems
    • 7: Python Practice Problems
    • 7: Excel Online Activities
    • 7: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 7: Test Bank

  • Chapter 8: Linear Regression
    • 8.1: Simple Linear Regression Model
    • 8.2: Least Squares Method
    • 8.3: Assessing the Fit of the Simple Linear Regression Model
    • 8.4: The Multiple Linear Regression Model
    • 8.5: Inference and Linear Regression
    • 8.6: Categorical Independent Variables
    • 8.7: Modeling Nonlinear Relationships
    • 8.8: Model Fitting
    • 8.9: Big Data and Regression
    • 8.10: Prediction with Regression
    • 8: Conceptual Problems
    • 8: Application Problems
    • 8: Extra Problems
    • 8: R Practice Problems
    • 8: Python Practice Problems
    • 8: Excel Online Activities
    • 8: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 8: Test Bank

  • Chapter 9: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
    • 9.1: Time Series Patterns
    • 9.2: Forecast Accuracy
    • 9.3: Moving Averages and Exponential Smoothing
    • 9.4: Using Linear Regression Analysis for Forecasting
    • 9.5: Determining the Best Forecasting Model to Use
    • 9: Conceptual Problems
    • 9: Application Problems
    • 9: Extra Problems
    • 9: R Practice Problems
    • 9: Python Practice Problems
    • 9: Excel Online Activities
    • 9: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 9: Test Bank

  • Chapter 10: Supervised Machine Learning: Regression Tasks
    • 10.1: Regression Performance Measures
    • 10.2: Data Sampling, Preparation, and Partitioning
    • 10.3: k-Nearest Neighbors Regression
    • 10.4: Regression Trees
    • 10.5: Neural Network Regression
    • 10.6: Feature Selection
    • 10: Conceptual Problems
    • 10: Extra Problems
    • 10: R Application Problems
    • 10: Orange Application Problems
    • 10: Python Application Problems
    • 10: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 10: Test Bank

  • Chapter 11: Supervised Machine Learning: Classification Tasks
    • 11.1: Data Sampling, Preparation, and Partitioning
    • 11.2: Performance Measures for Binary Classification
    • 11.3: Classification with Logistic Regression
    • 11.4: k-Nearest Neighbors Classification
    • 11.5: Classification Trees
    • 11.6: Neural Network Classification
    • 11.7: Feature Selection
    • 11: Conceptual Problems
    • 11: Extra Problems
    • 11: R Application Problems
    • 11: Orange Application Problems
    • 11: Python Application Problems
    • 11: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 11: Test Bank

  • Chapter 12: Spreadsheet Models
    • 12.1: Building Good Spreadsheet Models
    • 12.2: What-If Analysis
    • 12.3: Some Useful Excel Functions for Modeling
    • 12.4: Auditing Spreadsheet Models
    • 12.5: Predictive and Prescriptive Spreadsheet Models
    • 12: Conceptual Problems
    • 12: Application Problems
    • 12: Extra Problems
    • 12: R Practice Problems
    • 12: Python Practice Problems
    • 12: Excel Online Activities
    • 12: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 12: Test Bank

  • Chapter 13: Monte Carlo Simulation
    • 13.1: Risk Analysis for Sanotronics LLC
    • 13.2: Inventory Policy Analysis for Promus Corp
    • 13.3: Simulation Modeling for Land Shark Inc.
    • 13.4: Simulation with Dependent Random Variables
    • 13.5: Simulation Considerations
    • 13: Conceptual Problems
    • 13: Application Problems
    • 13: Extra Problems
    • 13: R Practice Problems
    • 13: Python Practice Problems
    • 13: Excel Online Activities
    • 13: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 13: Test Bank

  • Chapter 14: Linear Optimization Models
    • 14.1: A Simple Maximization Problem
    • 14.2: Solving the Par, Inc. Problem
    • 14.3: A Simple Minimization Problem
    • 14.4: Special Cases of Linear Program Outcomes
    • 14.5: Sensitivity Analysis
    • 14.6: General Linear Programming Notation and More Examples
    • 14.7: Generating an Alternative Optimal Solution for a Linear Program
    • 14: Conceptual Problems
    • 14: Application Problems
    • 14: Extra Problems
    • 14: R Practice Problems
    • 14: Python Practice Problems
    • 14: Excel Online Activities
    • 14: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 14: Test Bank

  • Chapter 15: Integer Linear Optimization Models
    • 15.1: Types of Integer Linear Optimization Models
    • 15.2: Eastborne Realty, an Example of Integer Optimization
    • 15.3: Solving Integer Optimization Problems with Excel Solver
    • 15.4: Applications Involving Binary Variables
    • 15.5: Modeling Flexibility Provided by Binary Variables
    • 15.6: Generating Alternatives in Binary Optimization
    • 15: Conceptual Problems
    • 15: Application Problems
    • 15: Extra Problems
    • 15: R Practice Problems
    • 15: Python Practice Problems
    • 15: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 15: Test Bank

  • Chapter 16: Nonlinear Optimization Models
    • 16.1: A Production Application: Par, Inc. Revisited
    • 16.2: Local and Global Optima
    • 16.3: A Location Problem
    • 16.4: Markowitz Portfolio Model
    • 16.5: Adoption of a New Product: The Bass Forecasting Model
    • 16.6: Heuristic Optimization Using Excel's Evolutionary Method
    • 16: Conceptual Problems
    • 16: Application Problems
    • 16: Extra Problems
    • 16: R Practice Problems
    • 16: Python Practice Problems
    • 16: Exploring Analytics Applet Exercises
    • 16: Test Bank

  • Chapter 17: Decision Analysis
    • 17.1: Problem Formulation
    • 17.2: Decision Analysis Without Probabilities
    • 17.3: Decision Analysis with Probabilities
    • 17.4: Decision Analysis with Sample Information
    • 17.5: Computing Branch Probabilities with Bayes' Theorem
    • 17.6: Utility Theory
    • 17: Conceptual Problems
    • 17: Application Problems
    • 17: Extra Problems
    • 17: R Practice Problems
    • 17: Python Practice Problems
    • 17: Test Bank

  • Chapter 18: Artificial Intelligence
    • 18.1: What is AI?
    • 18.2: A Brief History of AI
    • 18.3: AI in Practice
    • 18.4: Large Language Models
    • 18.5: Prompt Engineering
    • 18.6: Ethical Concerns Related to AI
    • 18.7: Legal Considerations Related to AI
    • 18: Conceptual Problems
    • 18: Application Problems
    • 18: Extra Problems
    • 18: R Practice Problems
    • 18: Python Practice Problems
    • 18: Test Bank

  • Chapter A: Appendix
    • A: Appendix A: Basics of Excel

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