How to Use Data

5 Course Units

This course is an introduction for those who want to learn about the mechanics of data, performing data analysis to gain insights, applying data science techniques to make predictions, and applying data analytics to answer questions and to address interesting business problems. Students will learn how to interpret and frame business problems to be addressed by analytics. The course will also cover different elements of the data analytics process, including data wrangling and cleaning, data exploration and descriptive analytics, data modeling, machine learning, predictive analytics, data visualization and the presentation of analysis and insights using data storytelling. Prerequisite: CIT 5910 .5 Course Units