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About the Course

Who is this course for? This course is designed for students, business analysts, and data scientists who want to apply statistical knowledge and techniques to business contexts. For example, it may be suited to experienced statisticians, analysts, engineers who want to move more into a business role. You will find this course exciting and rewarding if you already have a background in statistics, can use R or another programming language and are familiar with databases and data analysis techniques such as regression, classification, and clustering. However, it contains a number of recitals and R Studio tutorials which will consolidate your competences, enable you to play more freely with data and explore new features and statistical functions in R. With this course, you’ll have a first overview on Strategic Business Analytics topics. We’ll discuss a wide variety of applications of Business Analytics. From Marketing to Supply Chain or Credit Scoring and HR Analytics, etc. We’ll cover many different data analytics techniques, each time explaining how to be relevant for your business. We’ll pay special attention to how you can produce convincing, actionable, and efficient insights. We'll also present you with different data analytics tools to be applied to different types of issues. By doing so, we’ll help you develop four sets of skills needed to leverage value from data: Analytics, IT, Business and Communication. By the end of this MOOC, you should be able to approach a business issue using Analytics by (1) qualifying the issue at hand in quantitative terms, (2) conducting relevant data analyses, and (3) presenting your conclusions and recommendations in a business-oriented, actionable and efficient way. Prerequisites : 1/ Be able to use R or to program 2/ To know the fundamentals of databases, data analysis (regression, classification, clustering) We give credit to Pauline Glikman, Albane Gaubert, Elias Abou Khalil-Lanvin (Students at ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL) for their contribution to this course design....

Top reviews

PT

Oct 12, 2015

This course is excellent when it provides the citations very fit to theory. And I learned it in well organized structure of knowledge. Thank Prof. Glady and his team very much.

SK

Sep 28, 2020

The course contains the in-depth knowledge which helps to learn more about the business analytics. The assignments will test your presentation skills and creativity skills

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By Chinmoy R

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Mar 5, 2019

Useful course to get the fundamentals of understanding a business problem right. Coming from a stats/math background, I found it very interesting to see applications of what I had learnt in school!

By CHAN, B K

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Sep 21, 2015

Interesting and industry-insightful curriculum, contains some detail technicality like use of R programming language but provides hands-on video guidance to help student catch on the technicality.

By John M

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Oct 13, 2015

Good foundations course, some basic working knowledge of R is required so i would recommend that you are able to use the software. Statistical basics is also important to grasp the work.

By Eugene T

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Nov 28, 2015

Great course on topic of strategic business analytics. However, it would have been better if there were more readings and examples shown to understand the concepts better.

By Nabil B M

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Oct 14, 2024

Seems very interesting but entails knowledge of R. Please inform potential students of the technical pre-requisites ahead of registrating.

By prathibha r

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May 16, 2017

I found the examples uninspiring. And the instructor has a thick accent which made me go over the material a couple times.

By Gajanan G

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May 19, 2020

Recitals make this course complete and more understandable. Recitals also help to learn and practice R with R studio.

By Nidhi P

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Apr 16, 2020

More examples and the information is very high level, maybe a bit more detail would be nice.

By Francisco I S R

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Jun 10, 2017

Nice introduction! very nicely presented, may more material to consult would be nice.

By Tristan H

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Apr 19, 2020

Très bon cours qui permet d'acquérir les fondamentaux en Business Analytics

By Triboulet P

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May 21, 2016

Excellente méthode pédagogique sur un sujet un peu technique mais passionna

By Ezennajiego c J

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Sep 10, 2020

A beautiful well rounded course. It's quite incisive and multi-dimensional

By Manuel P

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Mar 10, 2019

Data for last exam not usable. Topics are nice and explanation revealing

By Wendy B

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Apr 11, 2016

This course is great, but I would NOT pay for the specialization.

By Sohan B

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May 6, 2020

Comprehensive course for covering basics of business analytics

By Ram R

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Oct 10, 2015

good course. Can focus more on practical aspects

By AKSHIT G

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May 4, 2020

Examples are quite excellent to work on.

By Arunachalam K

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Oct 26, 2015

Great course. well presented

By Clément H

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Jan 10, 2016

Thoughtful and practical !

By SUBHASHREE P

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Sep 24, 2018

Very informative videos

By Phan T B

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Sep 18, 2016

Nice and helpful course

By Ivy R

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May 11, 2020

I like this course.

By Jose L

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Oct 16, 2015

They do it easy

By Tarun B

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Aug 1, 2018

Overall good.