Data Analytics and Business Decision Making

Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

This training course highlights the significant value that data analytics can offer as a tool to support management decisions. It demonstrates the role of data analytics in guiding strategic initiatives, informing policy decisions, and enhancing operational decision making. This Course emphasizes the practical applications of data analytics in management, focusing on accurate interpretation and effective integration of quantitative insights into managerial decision-making processes.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the role of data analytics as a support tool in decision making.
• Understand the scope and structure of data analytics.
• Apply a range of relevant data analytics techniques.
• Interpret and critically assess statistical evidence.
• Identify applicable uses of data analytics in their work environment.

Who Should Attend

This Course is suitable for a diverse range of professionals, particularly those who will benefit most from:

• Working as analysts
• Professionals in Executive Development
• Managers, team leaders and supervisors

Course Outline

Day 1 — Setting the Statistical Scene in Management

• Introduction; The quantitative landscape in management
• Thinking statistically about applications in management (identifying KPIs)
• The integrative elements of data analytics
• Data: The raw material of data analytics (types, quality and data preparation)

Day 2 — Evidence-based Observational Decision Making

• Numeric descriptors to profile numeric sample data
• Central and non-central location measures
• Quantifying dispersion in sample data
• Examine the distribution of numeric measures (skewness and bimodal)

Day 3 — Statistical Decision Making – Drawing Inferences from Sample Data

• The foundations of statistical inference
• Quantifying uncertainty in data – the normal probability distribution
• The importance of sampling in inferential analysis
• Sampling methods (random-based sampling techniques)

Day 4 — Statistical Decision Making – Drawing Inferences from Hypotheses Testing

• The rationale of hypotheses testing
• The hypothesis testing process and types of errors
• Single population tests (tests for a single mean)
• Two independent population tests of means

Day 5 — Predictive Decision Making - Statistical Modeling and Data Mining

• Exploiting statistical relationships to build prediction-based models
• Model building using regression analysis
• Model building process – the rationale and evaluation of regression models
• Data mining overview – its evolution

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
7–11 December 2026	Botswana, Southern Africa	Public	5 days	4,500
20–24 December 2026	Dubai, UAE	Public	5 days	3,900

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