About this Specialization
Our world has become increasingly digital, and business leaders need to make sense of the enormous amount of available data today. In order to make key strategic business decisions and leverage data as a competitive advantage, it is critical to understand how to draw key insights from this data. The Business Analytics specialization is targeted towards aspiring managers, senior managers, and business executives who wish to have a well-rounded knowledge of business analytics that integrates the areas of data science, analytics and business decision making. The courses in this Specialization will focus on strategy, methods, tools, and applications that are widely used in business. Topics covered include: Data strategy at firms Reliable ways to collect, analyze, and visualize data–and utilize data in organizational decision making Understanding data modeling and predictive analytics at a high-level Learning basic methods of business analytics by working with data sets and tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, and RStudio Learning to make informed business decisions via analytics across key functional areas in business such as finance, marketing, retail & supply chain management, and social media to enhance profitability and competitiveness.
| From | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera |
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| Hours | 153 |
| Instructors | Jessen Hobson, Ronald Guymon, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois, Ashish Khandelwal, Kevin Hartman, Sung Won Kim, Joseph Yun, Joseph T. Yun, Unnati Narang |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Data Science Business Programming |
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Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
BUSINESS ANALYTICS SPECIALIST - ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS $53k
Sales Analyst, Business Analytics $69k
Clinical & Business Analytics $73k
Clinical & Business Analytics 2 $74k
Business Information Analyst, Business Analytics $89k
Business Analytics & Advanced Analytics $90k
Business Support & Analytics $102k
Business Analyst-Business Analytics $104k
Business Analytics - IT Engineer 2 $108k
Business Analytics Consulting $130k
Head of Business Analytics $196k
Business Analytics Architect $277k
Courses in this Specialization
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Introduction to Business Analytics with R Nearly every aspect of business is affected by data analytics. For businesses to capitalize on data analytics, they need leaders who understand the business analytic workflow.... Coursera | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data (You were viewing this course) This course introduces students to the science of business analytics while casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers found in the digital space. The goal is to provide... Coursera | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Tools for Exploratory Data Analysis in Business This course introduces several tools for processing business data to obtain actionable insight. The most important tool is the mind of the data analyst. Accordingly, in this... Coursera | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Machine Learning Algorithms with R in Business Analytics One of the most exciting aspects of business analytics is finding patterns in the data using machine learning algorithms. In this course you will gain a conceptual foundation for... Coursera | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Applying Data Analytics in Marketing This course introduces students to marketing analytics through a wide range of analytical tools and approaches. We will discuss causal analysis, survey analysis using regression,... Coursera | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Applying Data Analytics in Accounting This course explores business analytic applications in accounting. First, it presents a survey of technology topics in accounting, including process mining, blockchain and... Coursera | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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| From | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera |
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| Hours | 153 |
| Instructors | Jessen Hobson, Ronald Guymon, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois, Ashish Khandelwal, Kevin Hartman, Sung Won Kim, Joseph Yun, Joseph T. Yun, Unnati Narang |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Data Science Business Programming |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
BUSINESS ANALYTICS SPECIALIST - ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS $53k
Sales Analyst, Business Analytics $69k
Clinical & Business Analytics $73k
Clinical & Business Analytics 2 $74k
Business Information Analyst, Business Analytics $89k
Business Analytics & Advanced Analytics $90k
Business Support & Analytics $102k
Business Analyst-Business Analytics $104k
Business Analytics - IT Engineer 2 $108k
Business Analytics Consulting $130k
Head of Business Analytics $196k
Business Analytics Architect $277k
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