| AN6 -> Workshop: Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business: Translating Statistics to Business | ||
| Time: 3:00PM to 4:15 PM on Thursday, February 26 | ||
| Place: Forsyth | ||
| Session Chair: Robert L. Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University | ||
| Session focuses on the translation of analysis procedures to improving decision making in applied situations and will specifically address: whether models with higher R-square lead to decisions that yield higher profits; .using confidence intervals to develop and assess critical thinking skills; and using unstructured data to improve model accuracy for predicting the onset of congestive heart failure. | ||
| Does Higher R-Square Translate Into Higher Profits? | ||
| by: | Robert A. Stine, Wharton School (Corresponding) | |
| Robert L. Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University | ||
| Using Confidence Intervals to Develop and Assess Critical Thinking Skills | ||
| by: | Kim I. Melton, University of North Georgia (Corresponding) | |
| Improving Model Accuracy Using Unstructured Data - Predicting the Onset of Congestive Heart Failure | ||
| by: | David A. West, IBM Sspss (Corresponding) | |
Updated 02/21/2015