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Advanced Business Analytics Specialization

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Course Features

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Duration

5 months

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Advanced

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Effort

3 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

The Advanced Business Analytics Specialization brings together experienced practitioners and academics to share real-world data analytics skills that can be used to grow your company, increase profits, or create maximum shareholder value. The course teaches you how to extract and manipulate data using SQL code. It also teaches you how to execute statistical methods for predictive, descriptive and prescriptive analyses. You will also learn how to interpret and present analytic results. Complex problems are faced by decision-makers in today's highly competitive business environment. You can achieve a clear competitive advantage through the use of data to analyze the performance of your business, assess different options, and use a structured approach for business problem solving. To learn more, watch a short video about this specialization.

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Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Exlore the data analytics practices executed in the business world

Learn how to carry out exploratory data analysis to gain insights and prepare data for predictive modeling, an essential skill valued in the business

Learn how to summarize and visualize datasets using plots so that you can present your results in a compelling and meaningful way

Learn how to create models for decision making

Learn how to develop and deliver data-analytics stories that provide context, insight, and interpretation

Course Instructors

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David Torgerson

Instructor

Dave is an Instructor and guest lecturer at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and specifically co-teaches the Master of Business Analytics program Boot Camp. He is passionate about the role data &...
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Dan Zhang

Professor

Dan Zhang is Associate Professor of Operations Management at Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Zhang teaches in the area of operations management and data analytics in und...
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Manuel Laguna

Professor

Manuel Laguna is the Director of Global Initiatives and the MediaOne Professor of Management Science at the Leeds School of Business of the University of Colorado Boulder. He started his academic car...
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