Data Analysis and Visualization
General
- Undergraduate; 2nd year, 3rd year
- 50 learners; teams of 2
- 15 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1/1 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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February 1, 2024Experience start
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February 14, 2024First meeting with organization contact
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February 29, 2024Second meeting with Organization
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March 17, 2024Third meeting with organization
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April 10, 2024Final presentations
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April 10, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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February 1, 2024Experience start
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February 14, 2024First meeting with organization contact
General information session on the organization. This meeting is mainly coordinated by the industry leader in which he/she also answers students’ potential questions and guides them about the sources from which students can obtain complementary information about the Data provided
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February 29, 2024Second meeting with Organization
Q&A session – students may have questions at this point on details.
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March 17, 2024Third meeting with organization
Q&A + feedback session – students may ask more questions and feedback/tips on improving the outcomes.
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April 10, 2024Final presentations
Presentation & project report due
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April 10, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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This course is heavily based on hands-on activities, providing students with practice implementing data visualization techniques and tools. The focus is on techniques and tools that can be used by individuals in your organization to gain insight into complex business problems. The techniques that will be used are data analysis in MS Excel, data preparation and visualization as well as dashboards in Tableau and Power BI.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize and solve business problems that can be supported with BI & BA tools
- Develop models that aid in decision-making using Excel
- Get familiar with good practices for data visualization and dashboards
- Develop data visualization and dashboards in Tableau and Power BI
- Learner skills
- Data visualization, Tableau (business intelligence software), Dashboard, Data analysis, Business intelligence, Decision making, Microsoft excel
- Deliverables
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A 10-15 minute presentation of analysis and results, and report
Project Examples
Learners in groups of 2 will work on your data visualization needs creating dashboards
Here’s an example of what students did in the past:
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience.
Provide a dedicated contact person who is available for weekly/bi-weekly drop-ins to address learners’ questions as well as periodic messages over the duration of the project.
Provide an opportunity for learners to present their work and receive feedback.
Provide relevant information and/or data as needed for the project.
How is your project relevant to the experience?