Introduction to Techniques of Predictive Analytics

1 Unit · Graduate

This course is tailored to the needs of non-practitioners who interact with statisticians and data scientists. As an introduction to the field of predictive analytics, this course combines business strategy, information technology, and modeling methods. It discusses business problems and demonstrates how organizations are delivering solutions and competing leveraging data and analytics. Students will learn the role of analytics within an organization and how it interacts with other groups. The course will also present the basic statistical and machine learning techniques that are used by data scientists to analyze and model data. Students will learn the basics of each technique, emphasizing understanding what the technique is, what it is used for, and the pros and cons of the technique.