MAOP 525 - Statistical Methods At Work

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This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills relevant to application of statistical analyses that are essential to supplement organizational effectiveness. Students will learn to translate organizational questions into research questions, determine appropriate statistical tools, and make decisions and solve problems in organizations based on quantitative data. Statistical techniques most commonly used in organizational settings will be covered, including distributions, correlations, probability, regression analyses, and group differences methodologies. Students will be provided with organizational data sets that they will use to gain competencies in framing and answering organizational questions, analyzing and interpreting quantitative data, and creatively presenting results to a variety of stakeholders, including a panel of practitioners. Finally, this course will prepare students for their thesis work by introducing a number of advanced statistical methods, such as meta-analysis and structural equation modeling.