Business Analytics

Analytical skills are in high demand but short supply. Through a unique combination of data visualisation and analytics (both theoretical and applied), this ground-breaking textbook provides you with the expertise to analyse, interpret and communicate data with confidence, to inform real-world decision-making. Key features include: * Difficulty indicators for each chapter signalling introductory, intermediate and advanced content * An entire chapter dedicated to data visualisation, introducing Tableau for storytelling with data * Motivational cases throughout showing how the theory relates to real life * A wide variety of end-of-chapter exercises to test your understanding of the topics covered * Online datasets to help you master your analytics skills through hands-on learning * Accompanying screencasts to demonstrate key terms computationally Lecturers also haveaccess a range of online resources developed to support teaching, including a Teaching Guide, PowerPoints, a testbank and carefully selected content from the SAGE Business Cases platform. Business Analytics: Applied Modelling and Prediction is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Business Analytics. Dr James Abdey is an Associate Professor (Education) in Statistics at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).