This course is designed to introduce business students to statistical analysis in order to analyze and transform data into useful information, identify and anticipate trends and outcomes, and ultimately make smarter, data-driven business decisions. The course covers the process, technologies, applications, tools, and skills required to analyze data so that informed and timely decisions can be made. Students will learn the methodologies, techniques, and tools (such as Structured Query Language (SQL), Excel, and Tableau) for visualization, inference, forecasting, optimization, simulation, and data mining.