Introduction to Data Analytics for Business
By External Provider
About this course
This course will expose you to the data analytics practices executed in the business world. We will explore such key areas as the analytical process, how data is created, stored, accessed, and how the organization works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish. What you learn in this course will give you a strong foundation in all the areas that support analytics and will help you to better position yourself for success within your organization. You’ll develop skills and a perspective that will make you more productive faster and allow you to become a valuable asset to your organization. This course also provides a basis for going deeper into advanced investigative and computational methods, which you have an opportunity to explore in future courses of the Data Analytics for Business specialization.
What you will learn
- Describe the information lifecycle from events in the real world to business actions
- Recognize the types of events and characteristics that are often used in business analytics
- Explain how the data is captured by source systems and stored using both traditional and emergent technologies
- Gain familiarity with relational databases and learn how to use a simple but powerful language called SQL to extract analytical data sets of interest