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About the Course

The ability to understand and apply Business Statistics is becoming increasingly important in the industry. A good understanding of Business
Statistics is a requirement to make correct and relevant interpretations of data. Lack of knowledge could lead to erroneous decisions which
could potentially have negative consequences for a firm. This course is designed to introduce you to Business Statistics. We begin with the
notion of descriptive statistics, which is summarizing data using a few numbers. Different categories of descriptive measures are introduced
and discussed along with the Excel functions to calculate them. The notion of probability or uncertainty is introduced along wi...
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Top reviews

SA

Oct 17, 2021

The course was fun and easy to follow through and i liked that when encountered with problem there is a discussion forum where facilitators and fellow students helped in solving it.thank you professor

SN

Aug 20, 2021

T​his was a really enjoyable course, but challenging too. I struggled a bit with the final assignment, but nailed it in the end. My statistical knowledge base has indeed been enhanced by this course.

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By Hector M F

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Feb 12, 2020

Very informative course! I learned a great deal about statistics!

By Atis R

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Feb 11, 2019

It was a very good Excel and statistics refersher course for me.

By 张悦

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Jan 10, 2019

very helpful if you actually think about all the things learned.

By AJETUNMOBI O

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Nov 3, 2020

The course has application in my day to day business activities

By Jaime M

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Sep 6, 2017

Great course to identify and analyse statistical distributions.

By Shadrack B

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Dec 11, 2016

Absolutely great course. Learnt a lot of useful information.

By Andy L

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Mar 22, 2020

Great 'business relevant' example questions and scenarios

By Princess K

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May 23, 2019

Excellent course. Straight to the point. Great professor.

By Pratyush K

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Jul 25, 2017

Easy to grasp, good amount of practice, and well taught.

By zy n

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Aug 31, 2020

Learn something new on regression. Thanks to the course

By Narges S

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Apr 17, 2020

The lessons are easy but quizzes are really challenging

By Aniket G

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Dec 1, 2021

I had a good experience by studying this course.....

By Muskan G

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Dec 13, 2019

Amazing start for basic statistics and probability

By David L C F

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Apr 24, 2019

Great course. From basic to practical application.

By sanyam b

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Aug 21, 2020

very good instructor and problems were very good

By Ashiqur R

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Jan 21, 2021

Great course to learn the basics of statistics.

By branndon j

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Jan 13, 2021

This was a tough course. Im glad its over..lol

By Ryan S

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Nov 10, 2020

VERY CHALLENGING but practical and informative

By 5

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May 17, 2022

Pretty clear. The exercices are challenging.

By Shilly R

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Jun 5, 2021

Excellent course to apply in real businesses

By Sanket B

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Mar 18, 2021

Provides a good basic concepts understanding

By Shashwat A

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Jul 25, 2020

Interesting course with hands-on-experience

By Hamza B

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Dec 12, 2020

Very nice, i understood a lot thank you.

By Ronald M

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Aug 28, 2020

Great! Simple explanations to the topics

By Aline C

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Oct 21, 2018

well designed and useful, great course !