The Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone is an opportunity to apply various skills developed across the four courses in the specialization to a real life data. The Capstone, in collaboration with an industry partner uses publicly available ‘Housing Data’ to pose various questions typically a client would pose to a data analyst.
This course is part of the Business Statistics and Analysis Specialization
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Skills you will gain
- Predictive Analytics
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Regression Analysis
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Rice University
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: An Introduction
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: Assessments 1 & 2
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: Assessment 3
Business Statistics and Analysis Capstone: Assessment 4
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- 5 stars83.20%
- 4 stars12.72%
- 3 stars1.52%
- 2 stars1.01%
- 1 star1.52%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BUSINESS STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS CAPSTONE
Good project. Gives us an opportunity to work with real life big data and come up with results.
Excellent course and instruction materials. Very engaging and carefully structured to allow all learners to succeed.
Excellent course and the course instructor if a person has the motivation to learn
Great course. Gives the student the challenge to create their own analysis and write their own report. I also felt that grading peers was a useful learning tool.
About the Business Statistics and Analysis Specialization
The Business Statistics and Analysis Specialization is designed to equip you with a basic understanding of business data analysis tools and techniques. Informed by our world-class Data Science master's and PhD course material, you’ll master essential spreadsheet functions, build descriptive business data measures, and develop your aptitude for data modeling. You’ll also explore basic probability concepts, including measuring and modeling uncertainty, and you’ll use various data distributions, along with the Linear Regression Model, to analyze and inform business decisions. The Specialization culminates with a Capstone Project in which you’ll apply the skills and knowledge you’ve gained to an actual business problem.

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