Turn data into value. Drive business process transformation by identifying and analyzing key metrics in four industry-relevant courses.
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In this specialization, you will learn how to formulate business challenges as data questions. You will use advanced tools and methods such as Excel, Tableau, and MySQL to analyze data, create forecasts and models, design visualizations, and communicate your insights.
In the final project, you will apply your skills to research and justify improvements to a real business process. The project focuses on optimizing income from residential properties.
Airbnb, our official sponsor, contributed to the design of the project. Airbnb is the world’s largest marketplace that connects homeowners and travelers to facilitate short-term rental transactions.
The 10 finalists each year will have the opportunity to present their work directly to senior Airbnb data scientists live for feedback and dialogue.
7 hours
4.6 (8,391 reviews)
In this course, you will learn the best practices for using data analytics to make any company more competitive and profitable. You will be able to identify the most critical metrics for a business and separate them from mundane data.
21 hours
4.2 (3,918 reviews)
Important: This course focuses on mathematics—specifically, data analysis concepts and methods—and not Excel per se. The course will prepare you to design and implement realistic predictive models based on data.
24 hours
4.7 (3,197 reviews)
In this course, you will learn how to become a tool in the communicative language of a relevant business journey from data processes. You will also learn how to streamline your analyses and effectively highlight their implications using visualizations in Tableau.
27 hours
4.7 (4,060 reviews)
This course is an introduction to using relational databases in business analysis. You will learn how relational databases work, and how to use entity-relationship diagrams.
22 hours
4.7 (241 reviews)
In this final course, you will complete a final project using data analysis to recommend a method to improve profits at your company, Watershed Property Management, Inc.