Make smarter business decisions using these powerful data analysis methods.

Are you tired of being under constant pressure to make the right number-based decisions for your organization? Are you too often overwhelmed by an out-of-control flood of data, much of it conflicting and confusing?

Unleash the power of data analytics and transform business results with AMA’s live virtual and in-person data analytics courses. These crucial, in-demand skills—both qualitative and quantitative—give you a solid basis for making better decisions. Whether it’s finding the “wow factor” in complex data or seizing unseen opportunities for growth and success, analytical skills help you identify, interpret and share information with crystal clarity

Overview

Learn how to find, analyze and transform information to build better strategies and make more effective decisions with AMA’s Analytical Skills courses.

Designed for those who have a basic familiarity with MS Excel and want to develop their ability to solve problems effectively and efficiently, this course goes beyond the qualitative side of data analysis to explore proven quantitative tools and methods for analyzing, interpreting, and utilizing data, so that more informed and reliable business decisions can be made.

Take this chance to add value to your organization by increasing your productivity in handling all the information and reports that pile up in the inbox every day—and lose the angst that goes with it!

Skills Covered

  • Learn the best practices for organizing, summarizing and interpreting quantitative data
  • Create a repeatable process for analyzing your data
  • Bring out patterns in data that were not apparent at first glance
  • Identify and apply tools for data analysis
  • Shorten the time between analysis and action to avoid “analysis paralysis”
  • Recognize the value of using data to address business questions and inform decision-making

Prerequisites

N/A

Target Audience

Business professionals who need the basic tools to quantitatively and accurately analyze the mountains of data that come across their desk each minute of every day to help make data-driven decisions.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Introduction

  • Recognize the Value of Using Data to Answer Questions and Address Business Issues
  • Explain How Data Has Become the Strategic Business Asset It Is Today
  • Describe the Data as a Strategic Asset (DASA) Model and How to Apply It

Module 2: Framing Questions

  • Describe the Value of Using Data to Answer Business Questions and to Address Business Issues
  • Explain How to Identify Relevant Business Questions and Issues

Module 3: Finding Data

  • Discover Usable Data: Its Source, Type, Value, Quality, Location, and Relationships
  • Profile the Data to Determine What Is Important or Relevant
  • Organize and Manage Data Appropriately
  • Acquire Data from Any Source

Module 4: Shaping the Data Table

  • Identify and Resolve Problems Associated with Data Collection
  • Articulate the Pros and Cons of Data Manipulation
  • Determine If Data Samples Are Adequate
  • Create a Table That Is Ready to Be Analyzed

Module 5: Analyzing the Data

  • Understand Which Data-Analysis Tools Best Answer Common Analytical Business Questions
  • Articulate How the Microsoft® Excel Analysis ToolPak and Other Programs Can Be Used for Advanced Data Analysis
  • Choose the Appropriate Tool and Technique to Analyze Your Data
  • Apply Analytical Tools to Answer Business Questions You Are Facing at Work

Module 6: Applying the Results

  • Create Appropriate Business Rules to Take Advantage of Your Data-Driven Insights

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Exam & Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.

Training & Certification Guide

AMA-2012: How to Turn Data Into Compelling Visual Presentations

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals and best practices of data visualization techniques, as well as hands-on approaches to using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to present your data in a variety of formats.

AMA-2006: Advanced Tools and Techniques for Data Analysis

Manipulate complex data sets to gain deeper insights and make better decisions

This 2-day advanced analytics seminar will introduce you to predictive analytics techniques, so you can frame strategic and operational questions involving marketing, finance, and operations or other real-world business applications.

AMA-2018: Strategic Thinking

Develop a strategic mindset to increase the success of your strategic plans.

Learn how to strengthen your strategic thinking skills and encourage it in others during this AMA-2018: Strategic Thinking training course. Through case studies and practical thinking exercises, you’ll stimulate your strategic thinking, learn to recognize patterns that impact strategy and enhance your abilities to generate new insights and ideas.

AMA-2162: Developing Your Analytical Skills: How to Research and Present Information

Quickly synthesize qualitative data, determine implications, and make informed decisions.

In this course, AMA-2162: Developing Your Analytical Skills: How to Research and Present Information you’ll learn the basics to implement a process for data analysis that ensures you’re focusing on the most critical information, involving the right people, and conveying your message in terms your audiences will understand.

AMA-2177: Using Data to Drive Strategy

Get the skills to turn data into revenue.

Learn how data is driving strategy and how you can change and adapt to evolving and emerging trends. Get into the mindset and apply the characteristics of data-driven management.

AMA-2558: Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making

Get powerful problem-solving skills to more successfully reason through business problems.

This AMA-2558: Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making seminar introduces you to fundamental thinking processes so that you can successfully analyze and solve a wide variety of business problems. Get these essential analytical thinking and problem-solving skills now to give yourself a powerful competitive and career advantage.

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You’ll get practical skills you can apply immediately on the job—thus helping to ensure a meaningful ROI for your organization.

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