Successful Data Analysis for Modern Industries

Successful Data Analysis for Modern Industries
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Overview

Skills you will learn

What are the course deliverables?

Data analysis in context: You’ll unpack the economic and organisational factors behind data analysis in a variety of industries, and see why data needs to be cared for and analysed like any other resource
Data analysis for business: You’ll learn how business analysts use financial and marketing data to yield actionable insights, and how these insights, in turn, lead to tangible business improvements
Data analysis for education: You’ll get to explore the ways in which educational institutions track and utilise data about student enrollment, graduation rates, course and instructor ratings, degree types, demographics, and financial aid
Data analysis for healthcare: You’ll find out how analysts in the healthcare industry track patient experience, doctor quality, care quality, throughput in hospitals, inventory, costs, profit, and more
Data analysis for social good: To manage nonprofit or government organisations with social impact, many types of data are required. You’ll take a closer look at the data this industry tracks including large economic indicators, factors of happiness, food or donation programs, and health indicators
Data analysis careers: You’ll have a chance to look to your future as you learn what types of careers are available in the current data analytics world, as well as some of the jobs that might be available in the years to come

More about this course

On this three-week course, you'll get valuable exposure to and practice with data analyst work across various contexts
By the end, you'll be ready to take on different types of data analysis techniques, and will know what type of data analyst role suits you best
The course will equip you with the skills to work with various types of data, adapting different analysis techniques to suit unique scenarios
You'll see how basic data analysis can be edited and changed to apply to social good, healthcare, business, education, or whichever industry your organisation is in
Analysing data types leads to actionable insight, as you'll discover through this training