Develop the Data Mindset and Analytical Skills to Make Informed Decisions
The online Credential of Readiness (CORe) program will prepare you to contribute to business discussions and decision-making, whether you’re looking to advance your career, considering graduate school, or exploring new career paths.
Business Analytics
Business Analytics
Develop the Data Mindset and Analytical Skills to Make Informed Decisions
The online Credential of Readiness (CORe) program will prepare you to contribute to business discussions and decision-making, whether you’re looking to advance your career, considering graduate school, or exploring new career paths.
What You'll Learn
- Interpret data to inform business decisions
- Recognize trends, detect outliers, and summarize data sets
- Analyze relationships between variables
- Develop and test hypotheses
- Craft sound survey questions and draw conclusions from population samples
- Implement regression analysis and other analytical techniques in Excel
About the Professor
Janice Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community at Harvard Business School. She currently teaches Supply Chain Management in the MBA program and is program chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s Leadership Programs. Her research focuses on speed and flexibility in manufacturing and logistics systems to respond to changing customer demand.
Who Will Benefit
College Students and
Recent Graduates
Prepare for your next opportunity by learning how to apply basic statistics to real business problems.
Those Considering
Graduate School
Strengthen your analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program.
Mid-Career
Professionals
Develop a data mindset to make more informed business decisions and advance your career.
Program Structure
Business Analytics consists of approximately 40 hours of material delivered over an eight-week period. You can complete the coursework on your own time while meeting regular deadlines.
August 2020
Course Start Date: 12th August
Length: 8 Weeks
Regular price $1,600
Enrolment process needs to be completed 2 weeks prior of the program Start Date
October 2020
Course Start Date: 21st October
Length: 8 Weeks
Regular price $1,600
Enrolment process needs to be completed 2 weeks prior of the program Start Date
January 2021
Course Start Date: 20th January
Length: 8 Weeks
Regular price $1,600
Enrolment process needs to be completed 2 weeks prior of the program Start Date
This course is also part of our three-course Credential of Readiness (CORe) program—consisting of Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting—available for $2,250.
Interested in mastering business essentials in CORe?
Note: Participants that enroll in the Business Analytics course are not eligible to enroll in the CORe program. And if enrolling in the CORe program, participants are not eligible to enroll separately in the Business Analytics course.
Syllabus
Business Analytics introduces quantitative methods used to analyze data and make better management decisions. This course is not based on rote memorization of equations or facts, but focuses on honing your understanding of key concepts, your managerial judgment, and your ability to apply course concepts to real business problems.
Learning requirements: In order to earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must thoughtfully complete all 5 modules by stated deadlines and earn an average quiz score of 50% or greater.
Syllabus
Business Analytics introduces quantitative methods used to analyze data and make better management decisions. This course is not based on rote memorization of equations or facts, but focuses on honing your understanding of key concepts, your managerial judgment, and your ability to apply course concepts to real business problems.
Learning requirements: In order to earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must thoughtfully complete all 5 modules by stated deadlines and earn an average quiz score of 50% or greater.
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| Module 1: Describing and Summarizing Data |
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| Module 2: Sampling and Estimation |
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| Module 3: Hypothesis Testing |
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| Module 4: Single Variable Linear Regression |
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| Module 5: Multiple Regression |
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Stories from Our Learners
“I am applying concepts from the Business Analytics course in my current venture. From designing surveys to hypothesis testing, every aspect of data collection and analysis informs our customer validation process.”
Yefei Jin,
CEO and Founder of LessonPick
The way Business Analytics blended numbers with the impact on business forecasting and improvement of business processes was simply amazing. The real-life cases from different spheres made the learning more insightful. The subject further helped affirm the power of data/numbers in analyzing and forecasting about a particular business initiative.
Earn Your Certificate
Enroll today in Harvard Business School Online’s Business Analytics course.
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