Data Analytics Using Excel – Online Course – FutureLearn
Go beyond simply gathering information and discover how to use data to improve real-life decisions In a world of big data industries need big thinkers to harness its potential More and more organisations are investing in big data In fact in the next two years 76 of companies are planning to increase their investment in data analytics But it is not enough to simply gather information and crunch numbers to stand out you must know how to analyse and use data to effectively improve real-life decisions Data analytics is the science of analysing raw data in order to make conclusions about that information This course taught by Bond Universitys Associate Professor of Data Analytics Dr Adrian Gepp introduces students to the use and application of data You will be introduced to methods used to describe data as well as basic probability concepts needed to understand what the data means and how it can be applied to improve business decisions Using Microsoft Excel you will learn practical methods to solve basic quantitative problems in business decision making Describe data using statistics and graphical techniques Use the concepts of probability and discrete random variables to make business decisions Understand the role of ethics in data analytics Apply modern quantitative tools Microsoft Excel to data analysis in a business context Understand the changing landscape of data science in the modern business world
