Course Description:
The Data Analysis Boot Camp equips candidates with the knowledge, techniques and models to transform data into usable insights for making business decisions. The course simplifies complex concepts, breaks down math jargon and helps navigate complex symbols and equations. These skills enable candidates to zoom in on the most useful data and apply it in the real world. It also provides practical techniques for presenting findings to quickly make decisions that drive organizations forward. These tools include graphic presentation techniques and simplified models to transform the results of data analysis into digestible, easy-to-understand insights and usable recommendations.
Course Outline:
Data Fundamentals

Course Overview and Level Set
Understanding Real-world Data
Types of Data
LAB: Hands-on – Profiling Data
Data-related Risk
Data Quality
LAB: Hands-on – Dealing with Duplicates
Relationships
LAB: Hands-On – Data Relationships using PowerPivot

Analysis Foundations

Statistical Practices: Overview
Domains of Data Analysis
Analyzing Data
Statistical Practices: Overview
Averages in Data
Central Tendency
LAB: Hands-On – Central Tendency
LAB: Hands-On – Linear Regression
Distributions
Correlation
LAB: Hands-On – Distributions in Consumer Finance Data
Analytical Graphics for Data

Analytics & Modeling

ROI & Financial Decisions
LAB: Hands-On – Helpful Financial Metrics in Excel
Using Financial Data
Random Numbers
Demo / Lab – Monte Carlo Analysis in Excel
Predictive Analytics
Demo / Lab – Using R for Powerful Analysis
Clustering
Data Modeling
Data Warehousing

Visualizing & Presenting Data

Goals of Visualization
Visualization Essentials
Demo / Lab – Improving a Difficult Report
Communicating Data-Driven Knowledge


Target Audience :
Anyone involved in operations, project management, business analysis, or management would benefit from this course. This training is invaluable for:

Business Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, CBAP, CCBA
Systems, Operations Research, Marketing, and other Analysts
Project Managers, Program Managers, Team Leaders, PMP, CAPM
Data Modelers and Administrators, DBAs
IT Managers, Directors, VPs
Finance Managers, Directors, VPs
Operations Supervisors, Managers, Directors, VPs
Risk Managers, Operations Risk Professionals
Process Improvement, Audit or Internal Consultants and Staff

Executives exploring cost reduction and process improvement options
Professionals who want to show dedication to process improvement
Senior staff who make or recommend decisions to executives
Learning Objectives :

Identify opportunities, manage change and develop deep visibility into the organization
Understand analytics, business intelligence and statistics terminology
Practical applications of data analysis across business
Data visualization and effective presentation of data analysis results
Create more accurate projections while accounting for variance, error, and confidence intervals
Using the array of data plots and chart formats to analyse underlying data trends and patterns through practical exercises
Differentiating data signal from data noise - separating critical from extraneous data
Understand and leverage different distribution models, and the real world applications
In-depth practical statistics knowledge, and how it relates to risk, probability, results and action
Develop a robust, practical understanding of probability theory - and how to leverage it
Form and test hypotheses - using multiple methods to define and interpret projections
Statistical inference and interpretation of population wide conclusions
Substantial set of practical modeling skills
Using computation to mine data, run simulations, find data clusters and critical attributes
Application of data for practical use: Reporting, Dashboards, Metrics, Quality, Financial Modeling and more
Hands-on predictive analytics knowledge including key terminology and algorithms
Forecasting future results, finding opportunities for process improvement, and analyzing past performance
Real-world labs using data analysis tools as per the course syllabus
Applicability of data analysis skills and methods to candidates' own scenarios with a data expert instructor over the three days

Course Agenda :
Day 1

Data Fundamentals
Analysis Foundations

Day 2

Analyzing Data
Analytics and Modeling

Day 3

Visualizing and Presenting Data

Who Can Attend?
Anyone involved in operations, project management, business analysis, or management would benefit from this course. This training is invaluable for:
 
●     Business Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, CBAP, CCBA
●     Systems, Operations Research, Marketing, and other Analysts
●     Project Managers, Program Managers, Team Leaders, PMP, CAPM
●     Data Modelers and Administrators, DBAs
●     IT Managers, Directors, VPs
●     Finance Managers, Directors, VPs
●     Operations Supervisors, Managers, Directors, VPs
●     Risk Managers, Operations Risk Professionals
●     Process Improvement, Audit or Internal Consultants and Staff
Executives exploring cost reduction and process improvement optionsProfessionals who want to show dedication to process improvementSenior staff who make or recommend decisions to executives

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