BUA 455
  • This website provides permanent access to BUA 455 lecture slides, notes, and R code files, regardless of access to Blackboard.
  • Permanent Course Information
  • Most Recent Lecture Material
  • Interesting Data
Professor Pooler (pspooler@syr.edu) - Office: WSOM Room 518
  • In-Person Hours: Vary by semester
  • Zoom Hours: Vary by semester
  • Also available by appointment on Zoom or in-person
Teaching Assistants: Zoom Hours and Available by Appt.
  • Vary by semester
NOTES
  • This website includes lecture slides, notes, and R projects, from the most recently completed semester.

  • As the current semester progresses, lectures will be updated.

White Paper about Analytics Skillset
  • Starting on page 8 (10th document page), this paper provides specific language about different roles in data analytics.

  • This section may be helpful as you try to explain your skillset in interviews.

Software Links
  • R
  • RStudio
  • Quarto
  • Posit Cloud
  • RPubs
Software Training
  • LinkedIn Learning - Free for Syracuse University Students, Staff, and Faculty

    • R for Data Science: Analysis and Visualization - This training is optional and provides a good introduction to R and RStudion whch are used in this course.

    • Python Essential Training - Python is not used in this course but it is helpful for Analytics and Data Science.


  • DataCamp - An excellent (but not free) online learning center for many software packages. Costs can be subsidized (see below).

  • Whitman WIRE Initiative - The WIRE initiative will subsidize costs of online software training the results in certification.

    • Contact their office to arrange a meeting and develop a plan.

  • SU Open Source Program Office (OSPO) - OSPO offers workshops in open source software such as R/RStudio, Python, Github and facilitates communication between open source software users on campus.

  • Week 1: R Projects, R Quarto Files, and R Syntax
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 1 Zipped R Project to Download
      • Unzip and save unzipped project folder to BUA 455 folder on your desktop.

  • Week 2: Introduction to dplyr commands and ggplot
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 2 Zipped R Project to Download
      • Unzip and save unzipped project folder to BUA 455 folder on your desktop.

  • Week 3: Reshaping and Summarizing Data
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 3 Zipped R Project to Download
      • Unzip and save unzipped project folder to BUA 455 folder on your desktop.

  • Week 4: Combining Skills and Quiz Review
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 4 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 5: Cheat Sheets, AI, Functions, and Review
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 5 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 6: Reshaping. Cleaning, and Joining Data
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 6 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 7: Time Series, Data Formats, Output Formats, Project Introduction
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 7 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 8: Dashboard Project Proposal & Data Cleaning
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Text File - Expanded Solution to Week 7 In-class Exercise
    • Week 8 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 9: - HW 5 - Part 1 - Quarto Dashboard and Data Mgmt
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 9 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Weeks 10 and 11: - Introduction To Geographic Data and Quiz 2 Review
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Weeks 10 and 11 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 12: - More on Geographic Data, Project Management, and Publishing a Dashboard
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 12 Zipped R Project to Download

  • Week 13: - Editing a Quarto Dashboard, Project Memos, Etc.
    • Slides
    • Notes
    • Week 13 Zipped R Project to Download

NOTES:
  • Many data sources provide data in a downloadable format such as Excel (.xlsx) or .csv. I recommend saving data as CSV UTF-8 files with a .csv postscript.

  • The list below is in alphabetical order and is not an exhaustive list.

  • Some data sources do not provide data in a downloadable format so the data values have to be scraped from the website.

Billboard
  • Scraping required
BEA - Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLS- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Box Office Mojo
  • Scraping required but it’s straightforward.
Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards
  • Great source for unusual datas
Data World
  • An ecclectic library of data that can be searched by topic of interest
Department of Energy - Prices & Trends
Eurostat
  • A wide variety of data about Europe can be accessed at this site.

  • Aanalogous to US.Gov for the United States.

Federal Reserve Data
Kaggle
  • An ecclectic library of data that can be searched by topic of interest
  • Kaggle also holds competitions where data scientists can win money and build a reputation
Our World in Data
  • Good source for geographic and demographic data
Sports Reference
  • Scraping required
  • Wide range of sports data
Statista
  • Syracuse University Libraries provides paid membership access
  • Use link above and then sign in with SU NetID and Password
  • Excellent resource for public and private sector data
US.Gov - Data and Statistics about the US
  • Includes MANY topics including BLS and DOE above
Yahoo Finance
  • Stock data can be directly imported into R as an xts dataset