This course introduces students to statistical techniques for business decision making. Students will learn to analyze and present business data using appropriate software and statistical tools. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and comparing means of two and three groups. Assessments include a midterm, project, and final exam. Statistics are used to organize and analyze information to make it more easily understood, allowing judgments about the world. Descriptive statistics describe characteristics of data sets, while inferential statistics allow inferences about populations from data samples.