Inferential and Predictive Statistics for Business

Instructor: Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO

Intermediate Level • 2 weeks at 10 hours a week • Flexible Schedule

What You'll Learn

  • Test for beliefs about a population.
  • Compare differences between populations.
  • Use the linear regression model for prediction.
  • Learn how to use Excel for statistical analysis.

Skills You'll Gain

Probability & Statistics
Business Mathematics
Statistical Inference
Predictive Analytics
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Microsoft Excel
Business Analytics
Statistical Methods
Regression Analysis
Data-Driven Decision-Making
Analytics
Statistical Modeling

Shareable Certificate

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Outcomes

  • Learn new concepts from industry experts
  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 5 modules in this course

In the course orientation, you will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

Watch any infomercial and you hear many outrageous promises. Use this cream and your skin will look 80% firmer! Use this supplement and you will lose 10 pounds in the first 10 days! Are they telling you the truth? Are they all lying? The only way to know the answer to any of these questions is to scientifically test the claim being made – that is what we call hypothesis testing and what we will learn in this module.

Does the medicine a person is taking to treat his condition really work better than a sugar pill? Is the new chip-enabled credit card more secure than the magnetic card? How do you know whether the claims being made about anything being “better than” or “faster than” a competitor are true? In this module we will learn to make this comparison.

Does your job involve a lot of sitting? If so, you are at higher risk of coronary heart disease. How do I know this? We got to know the relationship between coronary heart disease and sitting when researchers studied a cohort of London bus drivers and bus conductors from 1947 to 1972. If you want to know more, then read on!

You are trying to predict next month’s sales numbers. You know that dozens, maybe even hundreds, of things like the weather, competitor’s promotions, rumors, etc. can impact the number. You talk to five people and each one has an idea about what makes the biggest impact, and the only thing they offer is “trust me.” Do you wish there was a better way of doing this rather than relying on blind faith? Well, there is. We can use Multiple Regression to sort through this mess and bring the focus to factors that really do matter.