Analytics Edge

The increasing availability of data is changing the way organizations are thinking about themselves and the way they interact with the world. Data is helping improve the profits of businesses, the quality of life of individuals. In this course you will learn how to use data and analytics to give you an edge. The course will expose students to real world examples of how analytics is being used with examples from Moneyball, Watson and the Framingham Heart Study, among others. Through these examples you will learn how to use tools of analytics such as linear regression, logistic regression and optimization.

Number of credits: 12