The Overview case is designed to give students exposure to the various types of alternative data and to learn about the growing importance of alternative data and its use by professionals in decision-making. Students will also learn about and consider the challenges and risks in use of alternative d...

For the purposes of this case, an organization has been hacked and received an email containing a riddle that needs to be solved within the hour. If the organization fails to solve the riddle, the hacker is threatening to release all of the organization’s sales data. The hacker typically enters syst...

This case asks students to assume the role of a tax professional and demonstrate their technology savvy. Students are asked to work with various client tax fixed asset information schedules and IRS MACRS tax depreciation rate tables to calculate tax depreciation and test the accuracy of personal pro...

This case asks students to research emerging data and technology topics to gain understanding of the topics and to determine any potential impact on the accounting profession. Students document and present their research and are graded by their peers using a provided rubric. A list of possible topic...

This case asks students to assume the role of an analyst within Timp Health, a company that specializes in pharmacy benefit management. The task is to analyze drivers of gross drug costs and, ultimately, to develop a regression model that best predicts future gross drug costs. The real-world data fo...

This case is designed for a class focused on data visualization techniques and skills and may be used in a stand-alone data analytics class or as part of an accounting information systems course. A key feature of this case is that it is open ended. Students are required to generate their own interes...

This case is designed for a class focused on data visualization techniques and skills and may be used in a stand-alone data analytics class or as part of an accounting information systems course. A key feature of this case is that it is open ended. Students are required to generate their own interes...