BCS Data Analysis Course with Online Exam
- Course Code SDAM
- Duration 2 days
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This course is available in the following formats:
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
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Course Overview
TopCourse Schedule
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 04-05 November, 2024
- Location: Virtual
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 12-13 December, 2024
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 13-14 January, 2025
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 03-04 March, 2025
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 15-16 May, 2025
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 17-18 July, 2025
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Target Audience
TopCourse Objectives
TopThe course has recently been updated to include a module on data analytics, the interrogating and interpreting of data for the purpose of business decision making. The data analytics component looks at how data can be analysed with a business focus, offering critical insights which can drive decision making and pinpoint why some projects succeed and others fail. Techniques used to validate data against stated requirements are also explored.
Presented to you by one of the expert training consultants pictured below. Each member of our Data Analysis training team brings substantial data analysis, data modelling and data analytics experience to the programme.
Course Content
TopDuring this course, you will cover:
Introduction to Business Information and Data
- Initial concepts and terminology
- Information versus data
- Data analysis versus data analytics
- Data modelling and data models
- Conceptual, logical and physical data models
- Static and dynamic views of data
- Structured and unstructured data
- The Data Lifecycle
Modelling Data Using Class Diagrams
- Classifying elements of substance and their attributes
- Classes and objects
- Attributes
- Associations and multiplicity
- Types of relationships (one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many)
- Resolving many-to-many relationships
- Showing multiple roles
- Aggregation and composition
- Generalisation
- Naming conventions
- Class diagrams
Defining Data Requirements
- Defining data
- Metadata (structural, descriptive and statistical metadata)
- Data definitions
- Domain definitions
- Relational data theory
- Two-dimensional structures
- Using keys to identify data (primary, foreign, concatenated, compound and hierarchic keys)
- Normalisation
- The normalisation process
- Un-normalised form, first normal form, second normal form, third normal form
- Relations
- TNF (Third Normal Form) model
- Aspects of data quality
Obtaining and Recording Data
- Identifying sources of data
- Validating data models using a CRUD matrix
- Data navigation paths and Data Navigation Diagrams
Analysis for Decision Making
- A process for data analytics
- Sourcing datasets
- Data lineage
- Validating and cleansing datasets
- Confirmation bias
- Sampling
- Outliers
- Consistency
- Dataset calculations
- Counting
- Totalling
- Averaging (mean, median, mode)
- Maximum and minimum
- Probability
- NULL values
- Identifying meaningful relationships
- Regression analysis
- Correlation and causation
- Time-series analysis and forecasting
- Interpreting results
Protecting Data
- The imperative for protecting data
- CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability)
- Data protection principles
- Data ethics
- Data ethics principles
- Online data
Test Certification
TopDuring this two day course you’ll receive all the training you need to prepare for the BCS Professional Certificate in Data Analysis exam. A pass in this module will contribute to the BCS International Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis. The course is also consistent with SFIA skills DTAN levels 2 and 3.
For delegates attending a classroom, virtual classroom or online course, the exam may be taken remotely using the BCS online proctoring service. This exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions with a pass mark of 26/40.
Further Information
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- BCS Data Analysis Course with Online Exam
- Business Analysis
- BCS | Data Analysis | Global Knowledge
- Business Analysis