BoxPlay: Data Analytics: A Fast-Track Guide to Becoming Data-Led
Gain essential data literacy skills and drive your decision making using data-led analysis.
Data Analytics: A Fast-Track Guide to Becoming Data-Led
About this course
Skip About this courseHarness the power of data, and understand just how much being data-led can transform you and your business.
This online, fast-track course provides essential data literacy skills. It’s the lens you need to bring data-led decision-making into focus.
Learn what data analytics is, identify the different types (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive), and understand the business case for implementing it in your organization. Realize what it means to be data-led and gain essential data literacy skills to drive your decision-making through data analysis.
Learn from data
Identify key components of the data analytics ecosystem and understand how data connects - well, everything.
Plan with data
Effectively diagnose the pits and peaks of your workflows, and how to optimize them through data.
Thrive through data
Come away equipped with a step-by-step process of how to create and apply a data-driven business strategy.
At a glance
- Institution: BoxPlay
- Subject: Data Analysis & Statistics
- Level: Introductory
- Prerequisites:
None.
- Language: English
- Video Transcript: English
What you'll learn
Skip What you'll learnBy the end of the course, you will be able to...
- Make data work for you. Understand the challenges and opportunities of an effective data analytics ecosystem in businesses of all sizes.
- Become data literate. Identify the purpose and value of the different types of data analytics, including their principles, benefits and challenges.
- Gain a competitive edge. Identify the factors involved in evaluating data analytics projects, and learn how to use data to gain competitive advantage.
Expert knowledge
Interviews with world-renowned data experts help you understand how to use data analytics to make decisions and improve your business. Digest relevant statistics and facts that widen your understanding of the topic and industry.
Visual learning
A visual step-by-step approach walks you through the entire process of becoming data-led. Beautiful infographics and engaging gifs explain the most complicated data analytics topics and theories, guiding you through the learning journey.
Created by BoxPlay, an Emmy award-winning company on a mission to democratize career success.
Syllabus
Skip SyllabusIntroduction to Data Analytics
- An introduction to the course and to the industry experts behind the learning.
What is Data Analytics?
- Learn what data analytics is and the benefits that it can bring to an organization.
- Identify the key components of the data analytics ecosystem including the different types of data analytics: descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive.
Transform with Data Analytics
- Identify the vital role that data analytics plays in digital transformation.
- Discover how data can be used to optimize processes to gain competitive advantage.
- Learn how to develop and implement a data analytics strategy for your organization.
Starting the Data Analytics Journey
- Learn how diagnostic analytics identifies trends and patterns, helping to optimize processes and identify areas for improvement.
- Discover the role of Business Intelligence within data analytics, and how it can help improve almost every aspect of a business.
Exam & Resources
- Complete an exam at the end of each module to earn your final certificate. Download the syllabus, a glossary, video transcripts and extended definitions.
Learner testimonials
Skip Learner testimonials"This is vital for leaders. If you can’t measure, you can’t manage. To measure, you need data analytics." Mark Jankovich - CEO and Founder, Delphis Eco
"This course has made us think about how to use data analytics effectively to future-proof our business." **** Stella Smith - CEO, Pirkx
"This relatable course ensures you understand the mindset shift needed to apply data analytics. Thank you!" Max Greene - Global Director of Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Bacardi
Frequently Asked Questions
Skip Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat can I expect from BoxPlay’s courses?
BoxPlay's courses offer engaging and impactful learning experiences through the art of storytelling and entertainment. Using relatable scenarios and multimedia, coupled with expert insights, bitesize theory, and exercises, you'll learn while having fun. Real-world examples further reinforce your understanding, making it easier to put theory into practice.
Where does the learning come from?
We base our learning design on scientifically proven strategies, such as reciprocal determinism, contextual polymorphism, and relational framing. Our team of behavioral experts, clinical psychologists, and neuroscientists, along with carefully selected subject matter experts, contribute their knowledge to ensure that everything we do is supported by science.
Why is the knowledge retention better with BoxPlay?
Our visually-led approach ensures that you won't forget the content easily. The beautiful aesthetics are deliberately designed to aid your recall ability. We also incorporate knowledge checks and a final exam to measure your comprehension, resulting in a killer combination that promises 20% higher retention over time.
Ways to take this course
Certificate | Free | |
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Price | $99 USD | - |
Access to course materials | Unlimited | Limited |
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