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COURSE INTRODUCTION

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Business Intelligence and Its Role in Organizations

1.1: Fundamentals of Business Intelligence (BI)

1.2: Practical Applications of BI

1.3: Fundamentals of Data Management

1.4: BI Concepts in Action

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Sources of Data in BI Systems

2.1: Selecting Data to Support Business Decision-Making

2.2: Evaluating Data Quality and Relevance

2.3: Effective Data Integration Strategies and Technologies

2.4: Big Data Models and NoSQL Sources

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Data Management and Data Warehousing

3.1: Data Management Principles

3.2: Data Warehousing Concepts

3.3: Data Modeling Techniques

3.4: Integrating Data Management and Data Warehousing

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Data Analysis and Interpretation

4.1: Data Analysis Techniques

4.2: Interpreting Data Analyses

4.3: The Data Mining Process

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Data Visualization and Reporting

5.1: Data Visualization Techniques

5.2 Creating Common Data Visualizations

Unit 5 Assessment

Unit 6: Data Analytics

6.1: Describing and Analyzing Data

6.2: Validity, Effectiveness, and Accuracy

6.3: Descriptive, Predictive, and Cluster Analytics

Unit 6 Assessment

Unit 7: Business Intelligence Tools

7.1: Data Analysis Techniques and BI

7.2: Statistical Software and Programming Languages

7.3: Strengths and Limitations of Analytical Approaches

Unit 7 Assessment

Unit 8: Legal and Ethical Considerations

8.1: Legal Frameworks for BI

8.2: Ethics and BI

8.3: BI and Privacy

8.4: Corporate Culture and Governance BI Practices

Unit 8 Assessment

Study Guide

Course Feedback Survey

Certificate Final Exam