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Nearly every aspect of business is affected by data analytics. For businesses to capitalize on data analytics, they need leaders who understand the business analytic workflow. This course addresses the human skills gap by providing a foundational set of data processing skills that can be applied to many business settings.
In this course you will use a data analytic language, R, to efficiently prepare business data for analytic tools such as algorithms and visualizations. Cleaning, transforming, aggregating, and reshaping data is a critical, but inconspicuous step in the business analytic workflow. 

As you learn how to use R to prepare data for analysis you will gain experience using RStudio, a powerful integrated development environment (IDE), that has many built-in features that simplify coding with R. 

As you learn about the business analytic workflow you will also consider the interplay between business principles and data analytics. Specifically, you will explore how delegation, control, and feasibility influence the way in which data is processed. You will also be introduced to examples of business problems that can be solved with data automation and analytics, and methods for communicating data analytic results that do not require copying and pasting from one platform to another.

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Beginner Level

At least 1 year of business experience. Critical thinking.

Approx. 16 hours to complete

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What you will 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 will gain

Business Analytics
R Programming
Rstudio

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Beginner Level

At least 1 year of business experience. Critical thinking.

Approx. 16 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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Ronald Guymon

Senior Lecturer of Accountancy

Accountancy

50,027 Learners

5 Courses

Ashish Khandelwal

Adjunct Professor

Business Administration

18,688 Learners

1 Course

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This Course is part of an online degree program offered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When you apply for a for-credit non-degree course through the university and complete it online, it counts as credit hours towards a degree at Illinois. All you have to do is apply through the university.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Course Overview and Module 1 How Do I Get Started Using a Data Analytic Language to Solve Business Problem?

4 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 84 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes

14 videos

Course Introduction4m

Meet Prof Ron Guymon2m

Learn on Your Terms30s

Introduction to Business Analytics and R6m

Overview of Business Analytics3m

Examples of Business Analytics5m

FACT Framework7m

Introduction to R6m

Getting Started with R5m

Calculations with R12m

Making Your Code Readable4m

Functions and Using the Built-In Help8m

Reading and Writing Data12m

Module 1 Conclusion1m

6 readings

Syllabus10m

About the Discussion Forums10m

Glossary10m

Learn More About Flexible Learning Paths10m

Module 1 Overview10m

Module 1 Readings1h

2 practice exercises

Orientation Quiz

Module 1 Quiz30m

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Module 2 How Do I Get to Know My Data and Share It with Others?

3 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 104 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

14 videos

Module 2 Introduction2m

Is Data an Asset?5m

Properties of a Tidy Dataframe4m

Data Dictionaries4m

Getting to Know Your Data 1: Explore as in Excel4m

Getting to Know Your Data 2: Referring to Specific Rows and Columns7m

Summary Statistics12m

Getting to Know Your Data 3: Summary Statistics for Each Column, and Quick Plots6m

FACT Framework: Tell Others About The Results6m

R Notebooks11m

Markdown7m

Knitting Markdown Files14m

Dashboards Preview13m

Module 2 Conclusion3m

2 readings

Module 2 Overview10m

Module 2 Readings10m

1 practice exercise

Module 2 Quiz30m

Week

Week 3

6 hours to complete

Module 3 How Can I Use Functions to Help with Data Preparation?

6 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 107 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Module 4 How Do I Preprocess Data?

3 hours to complete

16 videos (Total 95 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

16 videos

Module 4 Introduction3m

Framing Questions for Actionable Insight7m

Dataframe Shape: Level of Aggregation3m

Dataframe: Control Versus Feasibility5m

Dataframe Shape: Wide Versus Long3m

Review of Notebooks and Introduction to dplyr3m

Subset Data Using dplyr's Select and Filter Functions7m

Useful Operators: %>% and %in%7m

Using dplyr's Mutate, Rename, Relocate, and Distinct Functions10m

Handling Missing Values6m

Data Aggregation and Summary4m

Pivoting Dataframes Between Wide and Long Shapes6m

Stacking and Sorting Data7m

Joining Data8m

Module 4 Conclusion3m

Gies Online Programs3m

4 readings

Module 4 Overview10m

Module 4 Readings40m

Congratulations!10m

Get Your Course Certificate10m

1 practice exercise

Module 4 Quiz30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS WITH R

by PPAug 13, 2020

Excellent, very intuitive course, a good way to start your journey with R and analytic career.

by BGJul 31, 2020

Very Helpful ,assignment section has made it more helpful

by ETSep 13, 2020

first part was easy to follow and last 2 week courses were too much focused on getting code drilled and not enough on what the code could be used for in real life.

by MBJul 27, 2020

Its a good course to learn business analytics with R

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