This course emphasizes various analytical techniques and statistical models with hands-on applications of marketing data and software tool kits. The course will cover classic marketing topics such as segmentation, positioning, new product development, advertising, and pricing. It will focus on how to choose and apply the most effective statistical tool to analyze questions on marketing topics and then translate the information from analysis into data-driven decisions. The goal is to increase students' comfort level of analyzing large marketing databases and help understand how a scientific approach can enhance marketing decision making by converting data into insights.prereq: Mktg 3011 (or 3010)