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About the Course

The ability to understand and apply Business Statistics is becoming increasingly important in the industry. A good understanding of Business
Statistics is a requirement to make correct and relevant interpretations of data. Lack of knowledge could lead to erroneous decisions which
could potentially have negative consequences for a firm. This course is designed to introduce you to Business Statistics. We begin with the
notion of descriptive statistics, which is summarizing data using a few numbers. Different categories of descriptive measures are introduced
and discussed along with the Excel functions to calculate them. The notion of probability or uncertainty is introduced along wi...
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Top reviews

SA

Oct 18, 2021

The course was fun and easy to follow through and i liked that when encountered with problem there is a discussion forum where facilitators and fellow students helped in solving it.thank you professor

SN

Aug 21, 2021

T​his was a really enjoyable course, but challenging too. I struggled a bit with the final assignment, but nailed it in the end. My statistical knowledge base has indeed been enhanced by this course.

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By Daniel C

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Nov 3, 2020

Very difficult course

By Doru I

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May 3, 2024

From bad to worse, this course was painful on many levels. I'm sorry to be so negative, but not all people have the gift of teaching; this tutor is an example. He is unable to express essential concepts clearly in an engaging manner.

By Timothea N S E

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May 4, 2020

barely any explanations when answer is wrong.

By Mindaugas

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Oct 25, 2020

bulshit