Professor Pooler (pspooler@syr.edu) - Office: WSOM Room 518
  • In-Person Hours: Tue. Thu. 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
  • Zoom Hours: Mon. Wed. 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Zoom Hrs. Link
  • Also available by appointment on Zoom or in-person
Spring 2026 Syllabus
  • NOTE: The order of the material varies slightly between semesters so the subjects covered in the syllabus may be updated as the semester progresses. I will always let you know if there are substantial changes.
Spring 2026 Absence Explanation Form

  • It is not possible to effectively keep track of absence excuses or Poll Everywhere technical issues through email.

  • If you are absent or have a temporary technical issue with Poll Everywhere, use this Google form to explain.

Spring 2026 BUA 345 Blackboard Site
  • Engagement Questions, Assignments, and Tests will be submitted on Blackboard.
Excel Skills and Simple Linear Regression (SLR) Review
  • MAS 261
    • Helpful Lectures from MAS 261 - Fall 2025
      • Lecture 17 - Language of Hypothesis Testing/One Sample t-tests
      • Lecture 20 - Introduction to Correlation and Covariance
      • Lecture 24 - Introduction to Simple Linear Regression
      • Lecture 25 - Simple Linear Regression Continued
      • Lecture 26 - Multiple Linear Regression
      • Lecture 27 - Introduction to Linear Transformations
    • Recordings of these lectures are available upon request.

Instructions for Downloading and Saving Excel Files:

  1. Create a BUA 345 folder on your laptop’s Desktop.

    • NOTE: If you are on a campus computer, when you login, the desktop is connected to your ‘Syracuse University OneDrive’ and can be opened on SU computer when you login with your NetID and Password.

  2. Click link below to open file, then click File > Download > Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)

  3. Move file from Downloads to your Desktop BUA 345 folder.

Software Links Posit Cloud Introduction Videos from MAS 261 Software Training

  • 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 that results in certification.

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

BUA 345 Files for Lectures 7-18 - R Project on Posit Cloud - Click link to open file in your Posit Cloud and save it.

  • Once file is saved to your account, you should not click this link again.

  • Note: To make formatted tables in your .qmd more visible in the file output, add the following text after kable() |> kable_styling(full_width = F)

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Review of Correlation and Simple Linear Regression
  • Lecture 11 - Review for Quiz 1

    • In this lecture, we worked through the practice questions together and answered additional related questions on Poll Everywhere.

    • I am posting the 3:30 PM Recording of that review.
    • Video Recordings




Excel Skills




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Multiple Linear Regression and Logistic Regression







  • Lecture 10 - Multiple Linear Regression Models in R


BUA 345 Files for Lectures 25-26 and HW10 - R Project on Posit Cloud - Click link to open file in your Posit Cloud and save it.

  • Once file is saved to your account, you should not click this link again.
Poll Everywhere

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  • Lecture 27 - Stock Dashboard
  • Rpubs Example Stock Dashboard
  • GitHub Example Stock Dashboard
    • Stock Dashboard Instructions
    • Stock Dashboard Template R Project
    • We will be creating stock dashboard websites together in class.
    • This in-class exercise is designed to demonstrate how you can build and publish dashboards to communicate with clients and colleagues.
    • Each student should select an individual company stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Do not select Costco (COST), because COST is used in the dashboard example.
    • Lecture attendance is required and you will complete a few in-class questions after publishing your dashboard.
    • I will also step out for five minutes so students can complete course evaluations.





HW 10
HW 9 Demo Video Playlist
HW 8
HW 7
HW 6
HW 5
HW 4 - Part 2
HW 4 - Part 1 - Demo Video Playlist
HW 3 - Demo Video Playlist
HW 2 - Demo Video Playlist
Additional Practice Questions
Quiz 1 Practice Questions
Quiz 2 Practice Questions
Notes

  • Students in BUA 345 are NOT required to install R and RStudio on their laptop but they are encouraged to.

  • R and RStudio are two separate software components. Download and install R and then download and install RStudio.

  • When updating your version of R or RStudio, uninstall the previous version first.

Downloading and Installing R
Downloading and Installing RStudio

  • RStudio can be downloaded from Posit, the parent company of RStudio.

  • Video Demo for downloading and installing RStudio on a Windows OS

  • Mac installation is similar.

  • If you do not need to uninstall an out-of-date version of RStudio, skip to 0:56.

  • The version shown in the video is from August of 2024 and is out-of-date.

  • The current version of RStudio is 2026.1.2.418.

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
U.S. Energy Information Administration
  • Excellent information on electricity usage by location or region.
Data.Gov - Data and Statistics about the U.S.
  • Includes MANY topics including BLS, DOE, and EIA above
Yahoo Finance
  • Stock data can be directly imported into R as an xts dataset
Notes:

  • In Lecture 27, we will incorporate the analytical skills from Lectures 25 and 26 into a stock dashboard.

  • Each student, will select an individual company stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

  • Students can choose any stock on the NYSE except Costco (COST), because COST is used in the dashboard example.

  • Lecture attendance is required and you will complete a short in-class assignment after publishing your dashboard.

RPubs Option: Rpubs Example Stock Dashboard

  • In Lecture 27, we will modify a template that I will provide on Posit Cloud and then you can publish it using RPubs.

  • Before Lecture 27, select an individual stock (NOT AN INDEX) and write down the stock symbol. Yahoo Finance may be helpful.

GitHub Option: GitHub Example Stock Dashboard

  • If you are interested in learning more about GitHub and maintaining your own websites and dashboards, I am willing to help.

  • On Friday, 4/17/2026 at 3:15 PM in Room 301, I will host a tutorial session and provide pizza to those who want to learn this process.

  • This is completely optional, and will not count as extra credit, but it may be useful and interesting to a few of you.

  • To choose this option:

    1. Complete this Google Form so I know how many are coming.

    2. Complete ONLY the Download and Install Software section of this Checklist Tutorial before Friday.