TDWI Introduction to Business Analytics
Prerequisite: None
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One-Day Course
You Will Learn
- Why an understanding of statistics is critical to analytic systems
- Why it is important to understand the needs and roles of consumers of analytics
- How business measurement and analytics are related and how they are different
- How analytics are used in business management and decision-making processes
- How to make informed presentation and visualization choices for analytic systems
Geared To
- Anyone new to business intelligence
- BI teams that need to develop a common base of concepts and terminology
- BI team members who need to understand the roles and responsibilities of others on their team
- Anyone with a role in definition and development of business analytics systems
This introductory-level course provides an overview of the concepts, skills and terminology of business analytics. Business analytics is at the forefront of business intelligence. It is through analytics that business managers and analysts achieve the insights that lead to informed and innovative business decisions. Yet analytics is a complex field that involves many disciplines ranging from statistics to data visualization. This course provides an overview of those disciplines and describes the role of each in business analytics and BI systems.