About this course: The Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone is an opportunity to apply various skills developed across the four courses in the specialization to a real life data. The Capstone, in collaboration with an industry partner uses publicly available ‘Housing Data’ to pose various questions typically a client would pose to a data analyst. Your job is to do the relevant statistical analysis and report your findings in response to the questions in a way that anyone can understand. Please remember that this is a Capstone, and has a degree of difficulty/ambiguity higher than the previous four courses. The aim being to mimic a real life application as close as possible.
Created by: Rice University
Taught by: Sharad Borle, Associate Professor of Management
Jones Graduate School of Business
| Basic Info | Course 5 of 5 in the Business Statistics and Analysis Specialization |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: An Introduction
6 videos, 7 readings
- Video: A Summary of the Four Courses in the Specialization
- Reading: Lesson 1, Slides
- Reading: Pre-Course Survey
- Video: Introducing the Capstone
- Reading: Lesson 2, Slides
- Video: A Conversation with Garfield Fisher, the industry partner for the Capstone
- Video: Q&A with Garfield Fisher
- Video: Data for the Capstone Project
- Reading: The URL to download data for the Capstone Project
- Reading: List of variables to be used in Capstone
- Reading: Lesson 4, Slides
- Video: Merging and Cleaning Data for the Capstone
- Reading: Lesson 5, Slides
Graded: Capstone Quiz 1: Data in Excel
WEEK 2
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: Assessments 1 & 2
2 videos, 5 readings
- Video: Introducing Assignment 1: Differences in Market Value of Housing Units
- Reading: Lesson 1, Slides
- Video: Introducing Assignment 2: Fair Market Rent of Housing Units
- Reading: Lesson 2, Slides
- Reading: Week 2 Assessment 1 Sample Solution
- Reading: Week 2 Assessment 2 Instructions
- Reading: Week 2 Assessment 2 Sample Solution
Graded: Week 2 Assessment 1
Graded: Week 2 Assessment 2
WEEK 3
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: Assessment 3
1 video, 2 readings
- Video: Introducing Assignment 3: A Model for Market Value of Housing Units
- Reading: Lesson 1, Slides
- Reading: Week 3 Assessment Sample Solution
Graded: Week 3 Assessment
WEEK 4
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: Assessment 4
1 video, 3 readings
- Video: Introducing Assignment 4: Building a Predictive Model for Market Value of Housing Units
- Reading: Lesson 1, Slides
- Reading: Week 4 Assessment Sample Solution
- Reading: Post-Course Survey
Graded: Week 4 Assessment
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Ratings and Reviews
Processing data can be very slow via Excel.
Very useful course for someone interested in the fundamentals of business predictions and regression models.
Excellent Course, I have learnt a lot!
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This course strikes a great balance between giving guidance & giving freedom to the learner to self discover the solutions. The case study is also interesting!