Data Analytics and Business Intelligence PG (8697.4)

Availability

• UC - Canberra, Bruce

  Year	Teaching Period	Convener		Mode of Delivery
  2021	Semester 2	DR   Yibe   ALEM	(Ph: +61 2 62068309 )	ON-CAMPUS

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Syllabus

This unit introduces students to the tools and techniques of data analytics with application to business intelligence. Students will be introduced to the main tools of data analytics, both descriptive and predictive. Case studies will provide the links to intelligence that businesses, in the broadest sense of the term, can use. The unit is designed to be of interest to students in a range of disciplines including health, education, sport and management.This unit is co-taught with unit 8696 Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Source and access data from a variety of databases;

2. Select and apply appropriate tools for data visualization;

3. Select and apply descriptive data analytics methods;

4. Select and apply predictive data analytics methods;

5. Fit statistical models; and

6. Use the results to produce business intelligence in a variety of settings.

Assessment Items

Contact Hours

3 hours per week.

Prerequisites

6554 Introduction to Statistics G or a similar unit.

Corequisites

None.

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Incompatible Units

8696 Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.

Equivalent Units

None.