University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tools for Exploratory Data Analysis in Business
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tools for Exploratory Data Analysis in Business

This course is part of Business Analytics Specialization

Taught in English

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Ronald Guymon
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

Instructors: Ronald Guymon

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What you'll learn

  • Development of an analytic mindset for approaching business problems.

  • The ability to appraise the value of datasets for addressing business problems using summary statistics and data visualizations.

  • Competence in operating business analytic software applications for exploratory data analysis.

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Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

4.8

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Beginner level

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Flexible schedule
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Progress towards a degree

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There are 4 modules in this course

Your mind is the most important tool. Prepare your mind by learning about various mindsets and terms for approaching business analytic problems.

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13 videos7 readings2 quizzes1 discussion prompt1 plugin

PowerBI is great for both data assembly and visualization. In this module we will use PowerBI to prepare the Teca data for analysis, and then visually explore that data with various charts.

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15 videos3 readings1 quiz

Using R in RStudio to load, transform, clean, and explore data

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20 videos3 readings1 quiz

Alteryx is great for visually documenting the data analytic workflow. In this module we will use Alteryx to assemble the Teca data and explore it with plots and tables.

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18 videos6 readings1 quiz1 peer review1 discussion prompt1 plugin

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4.8 (8 ratings)
Ronald Guymon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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