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IIMBx: Predictive Analytics

Master the tools of predictive analytics in this statistics based analytics course.
7 weeks
4–5 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
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About this course

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Decision makers often struggle with questions such as: What should be the right price for a product? Which customer is likely to default in his/her loan repayment? Which products should be recommended to an existing customer? Finding right answers to these questions can be challenging yet rewarding.

Predictive analytics is emerging as a competitive strategy across many business sectors and can set apart high performing companies. It aims to predict the probability of the occurrence of a future event such as customer churn, loan defaults, and stock market fluctuations – leading to effective business management.

Models such as multiple linear regression, logistic regression, auto-regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), decision trees, and neural networks are frequently used in solving predictive analytics problems. Regression models help us understand the relationships among these variables and how their relationships can be exploited to make decisions.

This course is suitable for students/practitioners interested in improving their knowledge in the field of predictive analytics. The course will also prepare the learner for a career in the field of data analytics. If you are in the quest for the right competitive strategy to make companies successful, then join us to master the tools of predictive analytics.

At a glance

  • Institution: IIMBx
  • Subject: Business & Management
  • Level: Advanced
  • Prerequisites:
    • Advanced Statistical Concepts: Descriptive statistics, Probability Distribution, Hypothesis testing, ANOVA
    • Software Requisites:  SPSS / SAS / STATA
       
  • Language: English
  • Video Transcripts: English, हिन्दी
  • Associated skills:Statistics, Multiple Linear Regression, Strategic Management, Decision Tree Learning, Moving Average, Data Analysis, Loans, Predictive Analytics, Stock Markets, Probability, Logistic Regression, Artificial Neural Networks, Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA)

What you'll learn

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  • Understand how to use predictive analytics tools to analyze real-life business problems.
  • Demonstrate case-based practical problems using predictive analytics techniques to interpret model outputs.
  • Learn regression, logistic regression, and forecasting using software tools such as MS Excel, SPSS, and SAS.

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

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