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Analytics for Decision Making

Undergraduate | CUR-ECO100 | 2024

Learn how to collect and use data for commerce. You’ll learn how to analyse datasets, communicate your results, and make data-informed recommendations. Use business software. Unpack legal and ethical issues. Relevant to HR, finance, economics and more.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks
Start dates
26 Feb 2024

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Analytics for Decision Making

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. explain the role of data in business decision making across a range of business disciplines

    2. explain legal and ethical issues related to using data in a business context

    3. understand and interpret data from a range of relevant macroeconomic and other data sources including, marketing, management, and finance, using appropriate business software

    4. evaluate data from a range of business disciplines using a variety of analytic techniques to extract information for business decision making

    5. create robust conclusions from data analytic results and effectively communicate findings to a diverse range of stakeholders

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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