A Course on Business Analytics and Big Data

Learning Objective To enable a participant to solve business problems in the field of Big Data Analytics using various advanced tools such as Microsoft Excel , VBA, R and IBM SPSS Description In this course the participant will explore the principles of Analytics that are frequently used to address business problems. In todays scenario every business encounters BIG DATA problem. The only available solution is to use a Cloud based architecture and Analytical tools to find meaningful solutions quickly. The course is divided into three parts to enable the candidates to understand the principles of analytics and the architectural framework, the statistical tools widely used in analytics, hands on experience on the tools used to solve the problems like Advanced Excel tools, IBM SPSS, VBA and R. The student will also be able to interact LIVE with the industry professionals working in the field of analytics to get first hand experience on the latest happenings. Each session will focus on answering how to rather than what. The approach will be case study based interactive learning. Exercises will be given to participants to carry out self-based learning. The following topics will be covered in during the workshop Total Duration 30 hours 1. Introduction to analytics a. Need for analytics b. Analytics use in different industries c. Challenges in adoption of analytics d. Overview of Course Contents 2. Data understanding a. Data types (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio) 3. Descriptive statistics a. Tabular & Graphical Method b. Summary statistics 4. Introduction to some statistical terminologies and inferences a. Population, Sample and Random variables b. Point and Interval Estimations c. Probability d. Discrete/Continuous Probability Distributions Hypothesis Testing a. Importance of formulating and validating the hypothesis b. Formulation of hypothesis (Null and alternate) c. Testing association and differences d. Statistical significance and test statistic e. Level of significance Z-Test, T-Test, Chi-Square test, ANOVA Parametric & Non-Parametric test Correlation & Regression Linear Regression a. Case Study on Multiple Regression Logistic Regression a. Case Study on Logistic Regression Cluster Analysis a. Case Study on Cluster Analysis Factor Analysis a. Case Study on Factor Analysis

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Case studies covered on following areas

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Finexure Consultancy Services

This program is developed in association with our academic partners Pramartha:- a risk consulting firm with expertise in actuarial, quantitative and analytics Pramartha is one of the few Indian firms working in the wider area of Actuarial Applications, Enterprise Risk Management, Quantitative Techniques and Analytics. Industry & Academia Endorsed Course More than 4000 + MBA Students from following B- Schools have undergone this course from Pramartha 1. Christ University MBA, Bangalore 2. IFIM B- School - Bangalore 3. ITM B-School- Navi Mumbai & Bangalore 4. Mount Carmel Institute of Management 5. Amrita School of Business, Bangalore 6. NIAM Institute of Management 7. Manipal University 8. IBMR, Bangalore Professionals who opted for this course are from companies like Wipro, Infosys, IBM, Motorola, General Motors, Honeywell, SBM, Faculty Development Programmes (FDP) conducted for Faculties from following Institutions like Christ University, Mount Carmel, ITM BSchool, etc Fees: 10,000/- per participant Duration: 25 Hrs spread over 3 consecutive days of 8 Hrs each About the Course Coordinator Mahidhara Davangere V. - MSc (Maths), MBA, MFC, DAT (UK) : Mahidhara is an Associate Actuary and a Risk Management consultant. He is the Founder of Pramartha and has nine plus years of extensive experience in Research and financial valuation across sectors Contact Details: Finexure Consultancy Services 590/A , 15th C Main, Sector 4, HSR Layout, Bangalore 560047 M: +91-9900003624 E: tarun@finexure.co.in W: www.finexure.co.in

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