IIBA Endorsed Certified Data Analyst

IIBA Endorsed Certified Data Analyst

Why Attend

Catalyze impactful change in your organization with Meirc’s in-depth course on data analytics. Designed with a focus on practical application, this IIBA®-endorsed course aims to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of the transformative role of data analytics in modern decision-making processes. Participants will learn to formulate data-driven questions that align with their organization's objectives, identify suitable data sources, and analyze large datasets. In addition, participants in this course will acquire the skills needed to create compelling data visualizations that can be used to present data-driven insights.

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Overview
Course Methodology

This course uses Excel for analyzing complex datasets. Participants will collaborate on analyzing a real-world business case and will be expected to present their data-driven insights in a simulated board meeting.

 

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Offer improvements to the role of data analysts in informing decision makers

  • Utilize data analytics tools to define business problems and identify relevant data

  • Apply data cleaning techniques and use descriptive statistics to describe different business problems

  • Employ diagnostic and predictive analytics tools to explain the reasons of business problems and predict future ones

  • Develop a solid data-driven presentation to offer compelling business recommendations

Target Audience

Analysts and professionals who are looking to build their data analysis skills as well as those who are interested in improving their decision-making capabilities based on data-driven insights.

Target Competencies
  • Analytical thinking
  • Sourcing data
  • Cleaning data
  • Validating data
  • Structuring data
  • Analyzing data
  • Data visualization
Note

This course is worth 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

Course Outline
  • Fundamentals of Data Analysis
    • Goal of data analytics
    • Corporate decision-making malpractices
    • Decision-making spectrum
    • Emotional vs. rational corporate decisions
    • Types of analytics methods
    • Data analytics lifecycle
    • Competencies of data analysts
  • Problem Definition and Data Collection
    • Defining the business problem or opportunity
      • Business problems as data analysis questions
      • Business problems as objectives
      • Developing objectives using KPIs
      • Collecting data
    • Qualitative and quantitative data
    • Planning data collection
  • Data Cleaning and Descriptive Analysis
    • Data cleaning operations
      • Handling missing/duplicate data
      • Replacing missing data and outliers
    • Descriptive statistics
    • Key components of descriptive statistics
    • Measures of central tendency
    • Measures of dispersion
    • Data sampling
  • Diagnostic and Predictive Analytics
    • Diagnostic analytics
    • Techniques used in diagnostic analysis
    • Drill-down diagnostic analytics
    • Correlation diagnostic analytics
    • Regression diagnostic and predictive analytics
    • Formulating hypotheses
    • Hypothesis testing and statistical significance
  • Data-Driven Business Recommendations
    • Univariate visualizations (single variable)
    • Bivariate visualizations (two variables)
    • Multivariate visualizations (three or more variables)
    • Specialized visualizations
    • Business recommendations
    • Storytelling elements
    • Data-driven stories
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International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®)

Meirc is an Endorsed Education Provider™ (EEP) for the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). IIBA® is an independent non-profit professional association serving the growing field of business analysis. As the global thought leader and voice of the business analysis community, IIBA® actively supports the recognition of the profession, and works to maintain standards for the ongoing development of the practice and the certification of business analysts. Meirc’s IIBA® accredited courses are based on the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK®) guide. Participants in these courses can earn Professional Development (PD) units as well as prepare for the IIBA® competency-based certification exams including the ECBA™, the CCBA™ and the CBAP™ certifications.

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MPC certified courses by Meirc Training & Consulting are designed for those willing to challenge themselves and go the extra distance. Participants who fully attend an MPC course and successfully complete the test on the last day, will receive a Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC), in addition to the one they receive for full attendance. MPC certificates are regionally recognized and can be quite valuable when applying for more senior roles within the organization or outside.

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