Business Analytics 

Business Analytics 

Business Analytics helps demystify data and strengthens students' analytical skills. Beginning with basic descriptive statistics and progressing to regression analysis, participants will implement analytical techniques in Excel and apply fundamental quantitative methods to real business problems - from performing A/B testing on a website to using sampling to check warehouse inventory.

Benefits

  • Prepare for the next opportunity by learning how to apply basic statistics to real business problems
  • Strengthen analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program
  • Gain data literacy and hands-on practice interpreting data and implementing analyses in Excel

The HBS Online Edge

  • World-class faculty
  • Edge-of-your-seat online learning
  • Global peer collaboration and networking
  • Real world, case-based learning

Key Learnings

  • Interpreting data to take informed business decisions
  • Recognising trends, detecting outliers and summarising data sets
  • Analysing relationships between variables
  • Developing and testing hypotheses
  • Crafting sound survey questions and drawing conclusions from population samples
  • Implementing regression analysis and other analytical techniques in Excel

Eligibility

Minimum age of 18, English proficiency