Taking data analytics for a test drive

Executive Education

This program has now concluded. If you are interested in attending future sessions, please submit an expression of interest to our team.

Curtin Graduate School of Business, 78 Murray Street, Perth

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Cost

Curtin Alumni / Current students: $479
General: $529

Inclusive of a delicious morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

This program is highly interactive and will require participants to bring their own laptop/iPad.

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Discover how Data Analytics can help solve your business problems, and meet and brief a Data Scientist.

The key to effective use of data analytics in a business is by developing and asking meaningful questions about the business and it’s operations. Yet, the process of developing these questions remains an elusive challenge for managers.

By going through a set of simulated exercises, this masterclass will demonstrate the process of designing relevant business questions and show you how data analytics can potentially help to answer these questions. Participants will also have the opportunity to work with a data scientist through these exercises and gain insight on the benefits and challenges of business data analytics.

Key takeaways

By attending this program, you will:

Learn that developing business problems that are data analytics solvable is an iterative process.
Understand that efficient communication between team members is the key to the success in business problem development, especially from the viewpoint of data analytics solutions.
Get the opportunity to talk to aspiring data scientists and gain further insight of their capabilities.

Who is this program for?

The program is designed for managers or small business owners who do not have any data analytic background but are curious on how data analytics may contribute to solve their specific business problems. The program also provides an opportunity to work with aspiring data scientists and gain insight into what data science and data analytics can potentially benefit your business decision making.

Program schedule

Time	Title	Facilitator
9:00am – 10:30am	Introduction to Data Analytics – An Overview	Felix Chan
10:30am – 11:00am	Morning tea
11:00am – 12:30pm	Asking the right questions	Felix Chan
12:30pm – 1:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm – 2:30pm	Looking for answers in data	Felix Chan / Ranjodh Singh
2:30pm – 3:00pm	Afternoon tea
3:00pm – 4:30pm	Presenting the results	Felix Chan / Ranjodh Singh

Resources

While not strictly necessary, participants can maximise their learning experiences by getting their hands dirty with data.

The following materials on the basic of Python will be useful:

Python can be installed through Anaconda
Watch the following videos on Python and Anaconda:
1. Python Tutorial: Anaconda – Installation and Using Conda
2. For more Window focus discussion: Install Anaconda Python, Jupyter Notebook And Spyder on Windows 10
We will be using Jupyter notebook – please watch this video for a brief introduction: Jupyter Notebook Tutorial: Introduction, Setup, and Walkthrough

About the facilitators

A/Prof. Felix Chan

Associate Professor Felix Chan is the director of Centre for Research in Applied Economics (CRAE) at Curtin University and an elected Fellow of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Associate Professor Chan had also served as an external consultant to the Commonwealth Grant Commission (CGC), Department of Treasury Western Australia and Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WA) on issues surrounding forecasting, data analytics and mathematical modelling.