Emphasizes the foundation areas of data management, interpretation, and analysis. The course focuses on methods to manage and explain data, describe and interpret data quantitatively using statistical techniques, and apply the results to make better management decisions. Data Analysis involves using statistical methods to understand and interpret data acquired in business applications. In this course students will learn techniques to manage data using Excel tools, explain data through charts and graphs, and describe and interpret data in probabilistic terms. Fulfills general education requirements in Mathematics and Quantitative reasoning. [3 credits]