This course will equip students with the quantitative skills needed to begin any Masters of Business Administration program. The goal is not to build foundational skills or expert mastery but rather, to provide some middle ground to “shake the rust off” skills that a typical MBA student probably knows, but may not have thought about for quite some time. The course provides a quick refresher on top level math and statistics concepts that will be used throughout the MBA curriculum at any school. All of the concepts will be reinforced with practical real-world examples. All calculations, formulas, and data analysis will be performed in Excel, with many detailed demonstrations. For those unfamiliar or less comfortable with spreadsheets, the course will also prepare students with a basic facility for using spreadsheets to solve quantitative business problems. This course has no prerequisites and is intended for any audience.

Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making
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Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making
This course is part of Business Finance and Data Analysis Fundamentals Specialization

Instructor: James Weston
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- Statistics
- Correlation Analysis
- Business Analytics
- Descriptive Statistics
- Box Plots
- Spreadsheet Software
- Statistical Analysis
- Probability
- Arithmetic
- Business Mathematics
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Algebra
- Quantitative Research
- Case Studies
- Data Visualization
- Probability Distribution
- Data Analysis
- Probability & Statistics
- Bayesian Statistics
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