Big Data Interpretation (DDN306)
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Online
Course
English
Online
Course
French
Overview
Delivery method
Online
Duration
Less than 1 hour
Audience
Employees
Description
Using big data can lead to significant gains for an organization, including lower operating costs, better decision making and innovative product development. This online self-paced course examines the data analysis process and introduces the most common basic and advanced analytic methods, such as data mining. Participants will learn about the common big data tools and their uses, and consider some of the challenges in undertaking big data analysis activities in their organizations.
Topics include:
- identifying, gathering and analyzing data
- reviewing the steps of the data analysis process
- data mining and common big data tools
Legacy course code: I018
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