Data Analysis: Introduction and Exploration

Data analysis and analytics are evolving disciplines. Advanced techniques rest on fundamentals that can be applied in many job roles. This course quickly equips you with the necessary foundation. The course covers two main branches of statistics: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. By the end of this course, participants should understand and know how to use statistics. Participants will also develop some understanding of the limitations of statistical inference and of the ethics of data analysis and statistics. Descriptive statistics includes collecting data and summarizing and interpreting them through numerical and graphical techniques. Inferential statistics includes selecting and applying the correct statistical technique in order to make estimates or test claims about a population based on a sample. Topics covered may include descriptive statistics, correlation and simple regression, probability, and hypothesis testing.