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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Business Analytics for Decision Making by University of Colorado Boulder

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    About the Course

    In this course you will learn how to create models for decision making. We will start with cluster analysis, a technique for data reduction that is
    very useful in market segmentation. You will then learn the basics of Monte Carlo simulation that will help you model the uncertainty that is
    prevalent in many business decisions. A key element of decision making is to identify the best course of action. Since businesses problems often
    have too many alternative solutions, you will learn how optimization can help you identify the best option. What is really exciting about this
    course is that you won’t need to know a computer language or advanced statistics to learn about these predictive and prescr...
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    May 27, 2020

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    I would like to recommend this course to the business analyst aspirants. It is really intriguing and helps to develop analytical skills. The examples and assignments are perfect to train a beginner.

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    Aug 11, 2020

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    I think this is a practical and insightful course for understanding what business analysis is and how models apply in realily by providing useful and familiar examples. Highly recommend this course

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    Oct 15, 2018

    Interesting course, but it just scratches the surface of a very deep subject. It inspired me to learn more and understand the math better.

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    Jun 19, 2020

    Concepts well explained and easy to follow. Missed the files that supported the videos, though. They were impossible to locate.

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    Jun 16, 2020

    the professor seems to be in a hurry in last module. Its very difficult concepts which was not delivered at their best

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    May 13, 2020

    the software does not work properly sometimes..need more case studies for understanding concepts in greater depth.

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    Jun 1, 2019

    Very informative course. The only downside is about the tool not easy to be used and replicate on Mac machines.

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    May 26, 2020

    It was really good to do that course I learnt many things about business analytics for decision making

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    Oct 21, 2018

    I love everything about the theory and the knwolege that you can get. I wished they didnt use xlminer.

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    Jun 26, 2020

    I believe there should be more practice assignments that are more challenging than the existing ones.

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    By Purushothaman K

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    Dec 27, 2019

    Happy to participate in Course, It extraordinary platform for Job Goers who like to be up to date

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    By Rommy O R G

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    Mar 29, 2020

    It is such a good course, with real case study, but should not be restricted to XLMiner tool.

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    By Himanshu K

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    Jun 20, 2020

    Although the teaching method is wonderful. A little bit more content will go a long way.

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    By Aida P R C

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    Jul 11, 2021

    Good contents but requires previous knowledge about statistics to be fully understood.

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    By komathisha K

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    Sep 29, 2020

    The course was really insightful ,i learner the practical way of doing decision making.

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    By jaiyant

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    Dec 21, 2019

    The course provides great insights , but we are not provided with sufficient practice.

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    By Anna G

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    Mar 25, 2019

    Shame that Analytic solver trial is available only for 15 days. The cloud version

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    By Alexander M ( H

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    Feb 23, 2023

    It is not easy, you have not learned everything, but it is VERY intresting !!!

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    By Mohsin A

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    Sep 18, 2017

    A good course, with introduction to advance techniques for business decisions.

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    By Harshitha V

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    Oct 3, 2020

    This course is completely amazing for getting insights on business analytics.

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    By Rahmatullah H

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    Jun 5, 2020

    This course is much more effective as well beneficial to know lot of idea..

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    May 22, 2020

    It was hard to complete the test data without the use of the Excel add-ins.

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    By Hamed A

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    Apr 25, 2019

    this is a very informative course just some assignments are a bit too hard

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    By Zsaria D

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    Sep 15, 2020

    Was a nice course. Definitely useful for those in business analytics.

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    Jul 16, 2020

    Got insights about business analytics and methods of doing that.

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    By NITHYA S G

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    Jul 13, 2020

    It was good platform,very useful concepts were thought in course

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    By Ankit R

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    May 23, 2020

    thanku so much, It will give so much about business analytics.

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