This course provides an analytical framework to help you evaluate key problems in a structured fashion and will equip you with tools to better manage the uncertainties that pervade and complicate business processes. Specifically, you will learn how to summarize data and learn concepts of frequency, normal distribution, statistical studies, sampling, and confidence intervals.
This course is part of the Managerial Economics and Business Analysis Specialization

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- Data Analysis
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- Normal Distribution
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Orientation
Module 1: Introduction and Summarizing Data
Module 2: Descriptive Statistics and Probability Distributions
Module 3: Sampling and Central Limit Theorem
Module 4: Inference
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- 5 stars87.01%
- 4 stars10.10%
- 3 stars1.13%
- 2 stars0.82%
- 1 star0.92%
TOP REVIEWS FROM EXPLORING AND PRODUCING DATA FOR BUSINESS DECISION MAKING
I really enjoyed the course. The professor explained the topics very clearly and made a difficult topic very interesting and compelling.
The class was difficult . The professor is demanding and very knowledgeable. She makes sure you learn the material and that you understand it. I learned a lot and I am very happy I took this class.
In my opinion, this is a good course. The content really aims at teaching how to better understand and use statistics. In the end, I am glad that I chose this course.
Great course! This course focuses on the practical aspects of statistics and helped me understand how to draw conclusions from statistic reports.
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