3 Credits
Blended Learning
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Course Provided by: Becker Professional Education
IMA Competency: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Information Systems
Advanced Preparation Required: None
Course Level: Intermediate
Course Prerequisites: Foundations of data and analytics for the accounting profession
Instructor bio
Dr. Ann C. Dzuranin is the KPMG Endowed Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University. She earned her B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson University, her MBA from New York University and her Ph.D.from the University of South Florida. Ann is a CPA (NJ) with 15 years of experience in both public and corporate accounting.
Ann conducts behavioral research in management accounting decision-making and the ways in which accounting information systems interact with those decisions. Her publications include Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Accounting Quarterly, Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance and the Journal of Accounting Education.
Ann also received the 2018 American Accounting Association’s Innovation in Accounting Education Award for her work in data analytics curriculum development. Ann’s work in data analytics has resulted in invitations to present on Data Analytics and Accounting curriculum at both academic and professional conferences. Her presentations have reached over 1,800 people and her materials have been shared with more than 50 universities.
This course will be an overview of:
- How to perform descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analyses using tools available in Microsoft Excel
- How to interpret the results of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses
- How to identify potential outliers and their potential effect on the analysis results
- How to test and interpret model assumptions.
- How to perform and interpret correlation
- How to interpret correlation
This course is ideal for anyone who is interested to learn data analysis tools using Microsoft Excel.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Identify common data analysis tools in Microsoft Excel
- Prepare and interpret descriptive analytics
- Prepare and interpret diagnostic analytics
- Prepare and interpret predictive analytics
- Prepare and interpret prescriptive analytics
- Prepare and interpret correlation
- Identify issues related to outliers and model assumptions