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SNHU-DAT430.AE1
DAT430 - Leveraging Data Analysis for Organizational Results
Beginner Self-paced · 1 year access
18 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
01 / Lessons & labs
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Lessons
37 Interactive Lessons · 171 topics01 Introduction 7 topics +
- How This Course Is Different?
- How This Course Is Organized?
- How to Use This Course?
- Succeeding in the Real World
- What to Do and What Not to Do
- What Is a Dashboard?
- Final Thought: There Are No Perfect Dashboards
02 Data Visualization: A Primer 7 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Why Do We Visualize Data?
- How Do We Visualize Data?
- Color
- Common Chart Types
- When Our Visual Processing System Betrays Us
- Every Decision Is a Compromise
- Summary
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Course Metrics Dashboard 5 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- The Traditional Approach and Why You Should Avoid It
- Author Commentary
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Comparing Individual Performance with Peers 6 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Other Considerations
- Alternative Approach
- Author Commentary
05 What-If Analysis: Wage Increase Ramifications 4 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- Why This Works
- Dashboard Designer Commentary
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 Executive Sales Dashboard 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
07 Ranking by Now, Comparing with Then 6 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- The Traditional Approach, and Why You Should Avoid It
- Other Approaches
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Are We on Pace to Reach Our Goals? 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
09 Multiple Key Performance Metrics 5 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Alternative Approaches
- Author Commentary
10 Power Plant Operations Monitoring 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Ben Shneiderman's Mantra
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 Showing Year-to-Date and Year-over-Year at the Same Time 6 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- The Traditional Approach, and Why You Should Avoid It
- Dashboard Designer Commentary
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 Premier League Player Performance Metrics 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
13 RBS 6 Nations Championship Match Performance Analysis 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
14 Web Analytics 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
15 Patient History Analysis of Recent Hospital Admissions 5 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Dashboard Designer Commentary
- Author Commentary
16 Hospitality Dashboard for Hotel Management 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
17 Sentiment Analysis: Showing Overall Distribution 5 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Other Approaches
- Author Commentary
18 Showing Sentiment with Net Promoter Score 6 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Avoiding the Traditional Approach to NPS
- More Thoughts on Visualizing Sentiment
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
19 Server Process Monitoring 4 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
20 Big Mac Index 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
21 Complaints Dashboard 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Other Approaches
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
22 Hospital Operating Room Utilization 4 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
23 Showing Rank and Magnitude 5 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Another Approach: A Bump Chart
- Author Commentary
24 Measuring Claims across Multiple Measures and Dimensions 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
25 Showing Churn or Turnover 5 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Other Use Cases and Approaches
- Author Commentary
26 Showing Actual versus Potential Utilization 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
27 Health Care Provider Productivity Monitoring 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
28 Telecom Operator Executive Dashboard 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
29 Economy at a Glance 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
30 Call Center 4 topics +
- Scenario
- How People Use the Dashboard
- Why This Works
- Author Commentary
31 Want to Engage People? Make Your Dashboards Personal 5 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Overview
- Personalized Dashboards
- Make the Demographics Dashboard Personal
- But What If You Still Want to Make Something Beautiful?
- Conclusion
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
32 Visualizing Time 10 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Introduction
- How Much Time Do You Want to See?
- How Does Today Compare with the Start of a Time Period?
- Are There Cyclical Patterns in My Data?
- How Can I Look Up Trends Across Two Time Dimensions?
- How Can I Look at Rank, Not Value, Over Time?
- How Can I Compare Growth Rates of Things That Happen at Different Times?
- How Can I Show the Duration of Events?
- How Can I Focus on Bottlenecks in a Process?
- Which Time Chart Should I Use on My Dashboard?
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
33 Beware the Dead-End Dashboard 5 topics +
- Review Your KPIs
- Track Usage with Data
- Speak to Your Users
- Build Starter Dashboards
- Summary
34 The Allure of Red and Green 2 topics +
- Designing Color-Blind-Friendly Visualizations
- Conclusion
35 The Allure of Pies and Donuts 2 topics +
- Background
- Conclusion
36 Clouds and Bubbles 3 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- The Allure of Word Clouds and Bubble Charts
- Marist Poll and Views of the 2016 Presidential Election
- Conclusion
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
37 A Journey into the Unknown 2 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Keep Asking Questions
- The Squiggle of Visual Exploration
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
Hands-On Labs Our edge
18 LiveLabs- Visualizing Data
- Viewing the Aggregate Data
- Creating and Analyzing Chart Types
- Using the Show Me Toolbar
- Creating a Connection in a New Workbook
- Creating a Dashboard and Implementing Actions
- Creating a Regional Scoreboard
- Building a Bullet Graph
- Performing Quick Table Calculations
- Creating a Stacked Bar Chart
- Enhancing the User Experience, Analysis, and Visualizations
- Creating the Filled and Symbol Maps
- Creating a Gantt Chart
- Creating a Story
- Building a Dashboard
- Creating a Line Chart
- Creating a Bar Chart
- Highlighting Categories of Interest
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