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Be a Leader of Data Analytics Initiatives. Master methods to ideate & define impactful data analytics projects.
Instructor: Soumya Sen
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Beginner with interest in applying data analytics to real world problems.
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Beginner level
Beginner with interest in applying data analytics to real world problems.
Identify opportunities for data analytics. Learn fundamental methods in data analytics. Use teamwork to ideate data analytics projects.
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Data analytics is transforming the way businesses operate. But organizations often struggle with identifying opportunities for data-driven decision making and defining a clear analytics project plan to tackle them. This beginner-level specialization aims to help business leaders, managers, analysts, and data scientists become better at successfully ideating, refining, planning, and executing data analytics projects as a team. This specialization will help learners develop these skills through four courses that demonstrate the design sprint process for different types of analytics projects. Each course will have 3 key components: fundamental concepts, use cases, problem identification, and solutioning to develop analytics project ideas.
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The courses in this specialization discusses several case studies and examples from various industry verticals, many of which are based on real-life projects that have been developed and executed at the Carlson school in collaboration with corporate partners.
Exploratory analytics is where data meets discovery, revealing hidden patterns and turning raw information into breakthrough insights. In this course we will first provide an overview of exploratory analytics methods such as clustering, association rule mining, anomaly detection, and study their business use cases. We will then consider a case study to learn how to use a design sprint framework to ideate about exploratory analytics project plan.
Learning objectives: - Analyze how exploratory analytics concepts can be used to solve business problems - Construct an issue tree for an exploratory analytics project - Select a solution approach and define an exploratory analytics project
Predictive analytics turns data into a crystal ball, empowering your organization to anticipate trends, seize opportunities, and stay ahead of the curve with every decision. In this course, we will begin with an overview of predictive analytics models, such as decision trees, kNN, and neural networks, and explore their business applications. Following this, we will examine a case study about customer churn to learn how to use a design sprint framework for brainstorming a predictive analytics project plan.
Learning objectives: - Examine how predictive analytics principles can be applied to address business challenges. - Examine advanced ML/AI models for predictive analytics - Analyze business context and construct an issue tree for a predictive analytics project - Select a solution approach and define a predictive modeling project
Organizations can harness the power of causal inference through randomized field experiments, uncovering the true effects of interventions and enabling data-driven decision-making. In this course, we will delve into how companies are currently utilizing A/B testing. Additionally, we will explore the ethical considerations of conducting experiments and the econometric methods for analyzing causal relationships in observational data.
Learning objectives: - Examine how companies are using field experiments for causal inference. - Analyze the ethical dimensions of field experiments. - Construct an issue tree for conducting randomized experiments about designing online referral bonus programs - Select a solution approach and define an experimental setup
Prescriptive Analytics Project Ideation is about the art of transforming data into actionable optimal strategies. This course begins with an overview of prescriptive analytics, exploring key methods like optimization and simulations. You'll then delve into real-world applications across various industries, with applications in investing and staffing optimization. The course also includes a comprehensive sprint phase for problem identification and solutions mapping, culminating in a final project plan review and insights from industry experts.
Learning objectives: - Examine how prescriptive analytics methods are used by businesses to make optimal decisions. - Formulate optimization models to solve portfolio investment and staffing decisions - Analyze business needs and define a prescriptive analytics project plan
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This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
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When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.
This Specialization doesn't carry university credit, but some universities may choose to accept Specialization Certificates for credit. Check with your institution to learn more.
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