This course provides a comprehensive overview of data, various data types, design of databases for storage of data, and creation and manipulation of data in databases using SQL. By the end of this course, students will be able to describe what business intelligence is and how it’s different from business analytics and data science, conduct a basic descriptive statistical analysis and articulate the findings, and differentiate between types of statistics. They will also be able to define normalization and ETL, create an ERD that shows progression from conceptual to logical to physical design, define DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL, and write SQL scripts to create a database and associated tables.
This course is part of the Database Design and Operational Business Intelligence Specialization
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No experience in BI or database needed. Experience with at least one programming language is recommended.
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Create an ERD that shows progression from conceptual to logical to physical design
Conduct a basic descriptive statistical analysis and articulate the findings
Write SQL scripts to create a database and associated tables
Skills you will gain
- SQL Overview
- Statistical Analysis
- Relational Database
- Business Intelligence
- Basic Descriptive Statistics
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Overview of Business Intelligence
Nature of Data & Descriptive Statistics
Module 3: Relational Database Design (ERD and Normalization)
Module 4: Structured Query Language (SQL) Overview
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