Graduate Proficiency Exams
Students are expected to complete a quantitative baseline assessment in advance of taking the following courses: DSCI 6400, ECON 6400, MKTG 6400, MIS 6400. In general, students should complete this assessment upon admission and prior to the start of the graduate program.
In order to ensure you have access to the baseline assessment, please email SCBGradAdvising@fdu.edu with your student email address.
Baseline quantitative skills
Basic math:
- Compute ratios
- Percentage change
- Solve single variable algebraic expressions
- Compound growth rates
Statistics:
- Interpretation of mean, median, and mode
- Interpretation of correlation
- Interpreting regression coefficients
- Group comparisons using mean, proportion, etc.
- Interpreting crosstabs output
- Interpretation of t-tests
- The normal distribution
- Confidence intervals
- Sampling
Preparing for the baseline assessment
Students may use the following texts to prepare:
- Mathematics for Business, 7th edition (ISBN No. 9781683927655) – can be found online at library.fdu.edu.
- Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics by Lind, et al.; 17th edition:
- Chapter 1;
- Chapter 3 pages 52 to 64; and
- Chapter 13 pages 437 to 454.