Decision model
Simulate a product launch in a spreadsheet with Monte Carlo and three scenarios.
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Business & management · 66Intermediate
Business Analyst
Numerate learners who want to inform decisions.
Quantitative spreadsheet modelling, risk and scenarios, customer, operations, people and accounting analytics, then marketing forecasting and surveys.
177hours of coursework
18weeks at 10 h
3steps
16courses
2universities
Target skills
ForecastingPredictive ModelingRegression AnalysisData-Driven Decision-MakingCustomer AnalysisPortfolio ManagementCash Flow ForecastingStrategic Decision-MakingRisk ManagementExcel FormulasFinancial ModelingMathematical Modeling
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Business analyst
- Performance analyst
- Management controller
Progression
- 1University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
Stated prerequisites: High-school math through pre-calculus suggested
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling — 10 h 4.6 (9,396) Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models — 8 h 4.2 (3,893) Modeling Risk and Realities — 9 h 4.6 (2,227) Decision-Making and Scenarios — 9 h 4.6 (1,735) Wharton Business and Financial Modeling Capstone — 16 h 4.5 (525) - 2University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Customer Analytics — 14 h 4.6 (11,993) Operations Analytics Beginner 12 h 4.7 (5,150) People Analytics — 11 h 4.6 (6,194) Accounting Analytics — 12 h 4.5 (3,029) Business Analytics Capstone Intermediate 16 h 4.5 (780) - 3Emory UniversityIntermediateMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: Familiarity with business, marketing and statistics
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Meaningful Marketing Insights Intermediate 11 h 4.3 (293) Managing Uncertainty in Marketing Analytics Intermediate 12 h 4.3 (69) Forecasting Models for Marketing Decisions Intermediate 12 h 4.4 (82) Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights — 5 h 4.5 (126) Introduction to Social Media Analytics — 9 h 4.3 (112) Marketing Analytics Capstone Project — 11 h 4.4 (30)
With Coursera Plus
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Projects to build
Customer value
Estimate customer lifetime value from public transaction data.
Sales forecast
Build a regression model that forecasts sales and present it to a decision-maker.
Free textbooks
OpenIntro StatisticsD. Diez, M. Çetinkaya-Rundel, C. BarrFree PDF
Introduction to BusinessOpenStaxFree (OpenStax)