Accurate and effective analysis of data is crucial for informing decision-making in today’s business environment. Increasingly, professionals across sectors and departments need to possess the tools to gather, disseminate, visualize, and communicate data-based information. In this hands-on course focused on a practical project, learn to generate, analyze, and communicate data for a specific business-related project. Focus on using data analysis tools; computer-assisted reporting; data visualization techniques; GIS data; and other tactics to conceptualize, research, and produce the project. Whether your aim is to understand business metrics and performance; to uncover trends and insights; or to address cost, productivity, and functionality, discover how to best use these skills to accomplish your purpose.

You'll walk away with

• An understanding of data analysis using comparison, trend, and ranking methods of analysis
• Knowledge of advanced analysis with frequency and Pareto analysis
• Contribution and variance methods of analysis
• Best practices for data analysis and data presentation

Ideal for

• Business professionals who want to turn data into information
• Excel users who want to take their reporting and analysis to the next level
• Students who want to learn powerful methods of data analysis