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About the Course

In this course, you will learn best practices for how to use data analytics to make any company more competitive and more profitable. You will be able to recognize the most critical business metrics and distinguish them from mere data. You’ll get a clear picture of the vital but different roles business analysts, business data analysts, and data scientists each play in various types of companies. And you’ll know exactly what skills are required to be hired for, and succeed at, these high-demand jobs. Finally, you will be able to use a checklist provided in the course to score any company on how effectively it is embracing big data culture. Digital companies like Amazon, Uber and Airbnb are transforming entire industries through their creative use of big data. You’ll understand why these companies are so disruptive and how they use data-analytics techniques to out-compete traditional companies....

Top reviews

AC

Nov 2, 2018

really good bases for business metric if you already have a background you are going to enjoy and refresh you memory and if you don't have previous experiences is really easy to understand the concept

AS

Jun 11, 2020

It is a business centred course that will help you understand the most important metrics. It includes comprehensive glossaries and lectures that will help you in the process and a lot of case studies.

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By arafat i

Jan 5, 2018

It is great but please let the auditors do the tests :( we can learn but as we cant give the exams we cant keep track of what we are learning :(

By DHIRENDRA K B

Aug 28, 2019

I want to complete my assignments as i was not well so i have not completed the assignments , Please give me time to complete the assignments .

By Jason M

Jan 30, 2016

This course gave us more basic concept of business metrics and many of them are brand new for me. Professor introduce this course very clearly.

By Keep i S #

Sep 29, 2015

Great course! But they don't provide weekly summary of content despite number of people have already requested this :)

Would definitely suggest!

By Palak k

Jan 14, 2019

Concepts are provided with great clarity. However,some real case studies would have been the cherry on top. Overall nicely structured course

By Chris O

Jun 15, 2017

Good introduction to business metrics, how they're used, what professions use them most and how you can become a professional in that area.

By Charles W

Aug 21, 2017

Good course overview, great resource materials, good structure, well presented by the professor. I would recommend this course to others

By Alexandre B

Jun 26, 2016

I learned new concepts to use not only in business, but in my life. I would suggest the availability of the material that is presented.

By Jiaqi S

Jul 30, 2020

This course provides detailed introduction of business analysis, which is so great for people who are interested but new to this area.

By Mseddi S

Nov 28, 2018

It is a good course as a first level. but it is very theory.

For this Reason, I think that other courses will be more practical courses

By Linda C

Sep 24, 2016

Coursework enhanced my knowledge and armed me with information to speak with confident about the job I am pursuing next in my career.

By Wen

May 28, 2017

Good introduction to the role of business analyst and its related roles. This course sets a good foundation for the courses to come.

By Praveen G

Aug 26, 2020

Easy to follow. Could have have little better if we could download authors video explanation as a pdf version for future reference.

By Phani M G

Jun 27, 2020

Interesting case studies and relevant examples. Simple yet effective explanation of each concept. Final quiz is designed very well.

By Wayne S

Dec 6, 2015

This course starts off slow and gradually goes very deep into business metrics which provides a valuable view-point on the topic.

By Aazir M

Dec 3, 2017

Great course content, but could be improved by having more assignment and opportunities to test and share learning among peers.

By GURPREET S

Nov 9, 2019

This course is really useful for someone with non-technical background. Thank you professor for making such beautiful course.

By Henry Z

Nov 8, 2017

A good overview about the requirement of each of the data analyst job roles and the business metrics identified for analysis.

By Tong Y

Mar 4, 2018

The course is good for technical persons to start learning business language, however, it's too basic for business persons.

By FAN F

Oct 23, 2019

A good starter to understand business metrics. It would be better if include some new companies as the example to analyze

By 이상수

May 24, 2020

It helps me to study Business Metrics. This course contains many examples of Business Metrics of Data-Driven Companies.

By Eamonn F

Mar 21, 2016

a very good course.

i would like more questions in each video though - and more problems to solve too.

but great overall

By Dhananjay P

Mar 14, 2016

Good thought provoking class. A good foundation class to take before taking the MySQL or Tableau or Excel stats classes.

By Aqsa K

Dec 7, 2015

The course covers the basics with an in depth analysis to introduce you to the world of business metrics. Learned a lot.