The University of Montana’s Master’s of Science in Business Analytics prepares graduates for successful careers at the intersection of business, statistics, and computing.
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Submittable Off-the-Shelf Plan Analysis
Mary Anderson
Submittable is a SaaS platform offering a streamlined way to collect and review content of any kind. Submittable’s subscription pricing models have evolved to custom quote pricing as the company has grown. The analysis reviewed the revenue and expenses associated with 33 legacy subscription plans ... Read More
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Search Engine Optimization Reporting Tool
Alexis Campestre
The SEO Reporting Tool (SRT) is a dynamic dashboard created for the PinPoint Local (PPL) franchise. As the owner of Digital Marketing Missoula, a PPL franchisee and purveyor of online marketing services, I embarked on this project with the intent of enhancing the value proposition ... Read More
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Batting Order Analysis in Major League Baseball
AJ Eckmann
The purpose of my project was to look into a less explored area of baseball analytics, by analyzing MLB batting lineups through simulations. This project specifically looked at the impact of moving the pitcher from the traditional 9th spot in the batting order, into the ... Read More
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Northstar Athletics Item Sales Analysis
Nikki Gabrielsen
Northstar Athletics, a family-owned athletic shoe and apparel store in Havre, MT, struggles to access and utilize all its available data. This project combines two of the company’s documents to conduct and analysis of item sales by category, vendor, and quarter. The purpose of this ... Read More
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Visualizing Agricultural Data to Drive Policy
Jon Gilbert
This project unlocks the power of ten years of USDA agricultural data by creating an intuitive, interactive visualization. The resulting dashboard mitigates current limitations in the USDA’s data portal and provides an interface that policy makers can customize when making appropriations decisions regarding programs designed ... Read More
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Graduation Rates: What Affects Them?
Brenna Hoffman
Graduation rates for undergraduate degrees are low (only 60% after 6 years). To better understand what affects them, an analysis was performed on various institutional characteristics and their relationship with 2019 graduation rates.
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Updating Embedded Analytics Through Amazon QuickSight
Chris McLoy
The current GatherBoard user portal relies on one data visualization which provides little insight. In order to assist its clients and provide greater detail into the events within each community, a data visualization update through Amazon QuickSight was preformed. Included within the update are the ... Read More
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Credit-bearing Internships at the University of Montana
CJ McWilliams
The purpose of this project is to provide ELCS and the university a better understanding of the population that is currently participating in credit-bearing internships and allow them to compare future semesters and years to previous ones. Then, additional analysis of employer satisfaction surveys provide ... Read More
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Small Business Online Sales Analysis
Kristi Moore
Kristi worked on a project for a local business doing an online sales analysis. The ultimate question most businesses have is what can impact online sales. This included looking at trends in historical sales, as well as building a model to determine which factors contribute ... Read More
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Injection Drugs in Montana
Kathryn Puczkowskyj
When it comes to the cost of healthcare, one of the biggest areas for potential savings lies in the reimbursement of injectable drugs administered in the outpatient hospital setting. This project creates an analysis process for a health insurance payer to examine their claims data ... Read More
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SpectrUM Discovery: Admissions and Gift Shop Sales Report
Aspara Rodriguez
Analysis to identify any patterns within its admissions and gift shop sales data for the SpectrUM Discovery and subsequent recommendations to determine if there are any areas for improvement.
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Snapshot into the Prevalence of Youth Vaping and Tobacco Use
Austin Bankston
To best prepare for the future of healthcare, it is important to understand and predict youth health trends. This data set specifically targets the demographics of youth using tobacco and vaping. Outcomes of this data set will assist in targeting and creating marketing for prevention ... Read More
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Stock Price Risk Analysis and Forecast
Alistair Bernhard
Many Americans do not own a stock or have not even thought about creating a financial portfolio. This manual will guide a user to better understand the stock market, how to reduce the risk of their portfolio, and forecast closing stock prices a couple days into the future.
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Social Media Engagement for 2020 Presidential Candidates
Jordan McNea
Supporters of the various candidates for president use social media in wildly different ways. This project aims to create data pipelines to capture months of Reddit comments and Twitter mentions of the candidates, analyze the data using various Natural Language Processing techniques, and visualize the ... Read More
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A New Angle on Analytics
Aspen Runkel
The growing popularity of podcasts has given Justin Angle, Associate Professor of Marketing and host of A New Angle podcast the opportunity to share conversations with cool people doing awesome things. This project strives to analyze the podcast’s historical data from its humble beginnings in ... Read More
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Scraping for Jobs: An Exploration in Data Engineering & Dashboarding
Michael Schwartz
Whether a first-time job seeker or someone looking to re-skill and change careers, the goal of this project is to scrape job listings in the data (science, engineering, analytics) space to better understand the skills and technological proficiencies that companies are looking for in ideal ... Read More
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The Yellowstone River, How Much?
Ross Stokes
Various time series analysis techniques were used to predict the flows at the Yellowstone River during Spring runoff. These predictions were calculated using Snotel and weather data. It is important for river guides and fishing guides to have a good idea of what the flows ... Read More
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Exploring peak shaving for the University of Montana’s energy demand
Sarah Thompson
This project seeks to identify time intervals where The University of Montana’s energy demand is larger than 5500kW by collecting, cleaning, and displaying power data in near real-time. By providing UM Facilities with visibility into the university’s current power usage, they can utilize the tools ... Read More
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Analysis of Recidivism for Montana Department of Corrections
Taylor Toepke
Montana Correctional Enterprises, a division of DOC, provides vocational training to current inmates in the Montana prison system. This project aims to analyze the inmates that make their way through the system to better understand the success of MCE, recidivism, and the factors that contribute ... Read More