Key details
- Programme typeOnline Certificate Course
- LocationOnline
- Start date30 Apr 2025 - Open
- Duration6 weeks
- Commitment4-7 hours per week
- DepartmentDepartment of Statistics
Overview
In today’s data-driven world, there’s a significant gap between the growing reliance on data and professionals’ ability to leverage it effectively. Knowing how to use data to guide decision-making and convey business insights in a compelling way can both expand your influence and set you apart.
The Applied Data Visualisation and Analysis for Business online certificate course empowers you to unlock the full potential of data to inform business decision-making. During the first part of the six-week course, you’ll explore data visualisation using Tableau Desktop, delving deep into data management, chart creation, and dashboard design. In the second half, you’ll discover how to use various econometric and statistical modelling techniques in Microsoft Excel, empowering you to unveil insights, navigate constraints, and simulate risk and reward within a business context.
Upon completion, you’ll be equipped with the practical skills and the ability to communicate data insights and results effectively.
Impact
- Use Tableau to prepare and manage data for effective visualisations
- Create visualisations in Tableau to explore a business problem or question
- Present a Tableau dashboard to communicate data-driven insights to a business audience
- Analyse the results of statistical tests conducted in Excel
- Evaluate a business problem using econometric modelling techniques in Excel
- Justify model-driven managerial recommendations
Programme content
This online certificate course is 6 weeks (excluding orientation week) with a time commitment of 4 - 7 hours per week.
Who attends?
This course is ideal for business professionals who would like to enhance their technical data visualisation and analytical skills, make better data-driven decisions, and effectively convey insights through data storytelling. It’s also suitable for individuals who aim to improve their proficiency in data visualisation with Tableau and data modelling with Excel.
Those interested in the course should ideally be familiar with Tableau basics (the interface, connecting to datasets, and creating basic visualisations) and introductory statistical concepts.
Don’t have these skills yet? The LSE Data Analysis for Management online certificate course can provide you with a useful foundation.
Why LSE?
LSE Online builds on our 125 year tradition of exploring the interconnected, multidisciplinary nature of our world that shape society and business globally. Since our inception in 1895, LSE has been a pioneer in providing courses for professional development. Our founding commitment is to understand the causes of things for the betterment of society. Never has this been a more important goal than in these times of unparalleled change. We provide you with the insights and skills to think critically and independently. To make the connections, see the greater picture. To shape the future by understanding today. Whatever stage you are in your life and career. Wherever you are in the world.
Faculty
The design of this online certificate course is guided by LSE faculty, as well as industry experts, who will share their experience and in-depth knowledge with you throughout the course.
Dr James Abdey
Associate Professor (Education)
Department overview
The Department of Statistics at LSE is home to internationally respected experts in statistics and data science. Maintaining and advancing our leading reputation for teaching and research is our top priority. The department offers a vibrant research environment with specialisms in four main areas: data science, probability in finance and insurance, social statistics, and time series and statistical learning.
Fees and entry requirements
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive an LSE certificate of competence.
Entry requirements
Participants in the LSE Applied Data Visualisation and Analysis for Business online certificate course should ideally be familiar with Tableau and introductory statistical concepts. If you still need this knowledge and skills, or feel you could benefit from a refresher, consider enrolling in the LSE Data Analysis for Management online certificate course first.
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