In this course, you'll learn to contextualize qualitative and quantitative data to improve business decisions. You'll explore data collection tools, compare data-driven and data-inspired approaches, and understand why analysis can sometimes fail. You'll examine performance metrics and use data visualization to communicate the story behind the numbers. You'll study dashboard types, design principles, and mathematical thinking strategies to spot patterns to solve problems. Finally, you'll practice selecting the right analytical tools for different datasets based on their characteristics.
Make Data-Driven Decisions
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Make Data-Driven Decisions
This course is part of Google Data-Driven Decision Making Specialization
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What you'll learn
Discuss the importance and benefits of dashboards and reports to the data analyst with reference to Tableau and spreadsheets
Explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative data including reference to their use and specific examples
Compare and contrast data-driven decision making with data-inspired decision making
Discuss the use of data in the decision-making process
Skills you'll gain
- Category: Big Data
- Category: Data Storytelling
- Category: Data Visualization Software
- Category: Performance Measurement
- Category: Dashboard Creation
- Category: Small Data
- Category: Data Analysis Software
- Category: Decision Making
- Category: Data Presentation
- Category: Business Metrics
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Reviewed on Sep 30, 2025
Sencillamente muy buen curso, es sencillo, y a la vez profundo.
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