Description
Data analytics improves the ability of decision-makers to use evidence-based solutions when solving difficult governance problems. Every organization is increasingly turning to data to help facilitate transformational changes.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of how analytics supports evidence-based decision making. You will improve your understanding of the processes used in decision making, and how to apply analytics techniques to these processes. Discussions include the most common and useful analytics methods, and how they fit into the decision-making process.
During the course, you will also engage in hands-on exercises with fellow participants to practice techniques for combining evidence with decision making.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the participant will be able to:
- Define evidence-based decision making
- Highlight key fundamentals of analytics: descriptive, predictive and prescriptive
- Identify relevant analytical methods, and types of industry-standard software
- Identify the elements of successful group decision making and data-driven teams
- Recognize common barriers, potential issues and best practices for combining analytics with decision making
Duration
12 hours
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