Critical Thinking in Data Analytics
Improve your critical thinking in data analytics skills to diagnose problems with ease, make better data-driven decisions, and identify effective solutions.
Format
Online
NASBA Field of Study
Personal Development
Level
Basic
CPE Credits
2.5
Author(s)
AICPA and CIMA staff
Availability
1 year
Product Number
DAC3423SSO
Informed decision-making
Successful data analytics requires critical thinking, from identifying objectives to evaluating end results, and everything in between. Effective data analytics is essential for data-driven decision-making, which is highly valued by many organizations. Good critical thinking skills can ensure your data analytics projects run smoothly and lead to actionable insights based on the best available data.
Keep up with technology
Critical thinking is a skill that is highly relevant to data analytics and will only become more relevant thanks to innovations like AI and machine learning. These technologies mean we can access and analyze more data than ever before. Critical thinking is essential to help us cut through the noise because AI currently doesn’t have the ability to interpret and distill information into actionable insights.
Real-world examples
This course uses a mixture of real-world examples and case studies to give you different ways to understand and apply knowledge learned throughout the course.
This certificate is part three of a three-part Data Visualization and Communication Certificate.
Who Will Benefit
- AICPA and CIMA members who want to accurately diagnose problems, identify solutions, and make better data-driven decisions
- Global accounting and finance professionals
- Controllers
- Finance directors
- CFOs
- CPAs
Key Topics
- Understanding approaches to critical thinking in data analytics
- How to apply critical thinking in to data analytics projects
- Understanding the challenges to effective critical thinking in data analytics
Learning Objectives
- Recall the definition of critical thinking and its uses in data analytics.
- Recognize the key components of critical thinking in a data analytics process.
- Apply critical thinking skills throughout a data analytics project to meet organizational needs.
- Recognize how critical thinking can be used to address organizational objectives.
- Identify how to use critical thinking to improve data profiling and collection.
- Identify how to use critical thinking to analyze data and deliver insights.
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