Data Analytics for Business with a Primer on Big Data

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Data Analytics Training

About the Course

This course will look at analysing data and develop your understanding of statistical concepts. The module covers exploratory methods for data analysis, models for data, estimation, probabilistic distributions, optimisation, correlation and regression. More and more organizations are taking on the challenge of analysing big data. This course teaches you how to use the Hadoop technologies and RDBMS with MS Access.

The course aims to teach Probability and Statistics, an Introduction to Predictive Data Analysis, Forecasting, and Transportation and Maximi-zation/Minimization Problems, There will also be an introduction to RDBMS with MS Access, and Hadoop architecture through Horton-works Sandbox.

By the end of the course the participant should understand

– Decision Tree and Expected Monetary Value
– Variance, Standard Deviation, Usage of Normal distribution, binomial distribution and Poisson’s distribution
– Correlation and Regression
– Exponential smoothing, level, trend, seasonal trend, Under-standing Forecast Errors
– Optimization
– Structured Query Language – SQL
– What is Big data and how to handle it

No need to have previous programming language experience. No need to have previous statistics knowledge. Problem solving workshops through MS Excel. No theoretical lectures. Ideal for managers, small business entrepreneurs and data science aspir-ants.

Kindly bring a laptop with you. Please ensure that your laptop has MS Excel (with solver enabled) and MS Access.

 

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £495 + VAT

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