ACCT 545 - Business Analytics

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I. This course prepares students to plan, execute, write and present descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive quantitative analyses of financial and operational data, in order to inform management decision-making. It familiarizes students with relevant software tools and techniques for preparing, analyzing, and presenting data and does so in the context of analyzing pertinent financial information. Finally, it enables students to recognize and produce high quality quantitative analyses as well as critique deceptive and manipulative abuses of quantitative analyses from a Reformed perspective. Prerequisites: IS 141 or equivalent, and admission to the MAcc program.