University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Business Analytics Specialization
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Business Analytics Specialization

Data-driven decision making potential unlocked. Learners will be able to obtain, manage, analyze and visualize data to gain a competitive advantage in the world of strategic business decision making.

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Unnati Narang
Joseph T. Yun
Ronald Guymon

Instructors: Unnati Narang

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Specialization - 6 course series

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2 months at 10 hours a week
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Specialization - 6 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.7

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Progress towards a degree

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Specialization - 6 course series

Introduction to Business Analytics with R

Course 116 hours4.6 (208 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to process data using R and RStudio. You will also explore the interaction between business principles and data analytics.

Skills you'll gain

Category: robotic process automation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Analytics
Category: Accounting Analytics
Category: Natural Language Processing

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Analytics
Category: regression
Category: Marketing
Category: Marketing Analytics

Tools for Exploratory Data Analysis in Business

Course 318 hours4.8 (36 ratings)

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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Analytics
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Health Care

Machine Learning Algorithms with R in Business Analytics

Course 414 hours4.7 (29 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 1. Conceptual framework of ML algorithms

    2. Conceptual foundation for interpreting ML results

    3. Practice applying ML algorithms to business data

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Analytics
Category: R Programming
Category: Rstudio

Applying Data Analytics in Marketing

Course 514 hours4.5 (143 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Analytic Mindset
Category: Data Cleansing and Exploration
Category: Alteryx
Category: R and RStudio
Category: PowerBI

Applying Data Analytics in Accounting

Course 614 hours4.8 (35 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: prediction
Category: regression
Category: R Programming
Category: classification
Category: clustering

Instructors

Unnati Narang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses60,330 learners
Joseph T. Yun
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1 Course21,020 learners
Ronald Guymon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5 Courses67,798 learners

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