Leading With Analytics: Foundations of Analytic Decision Making

• Exploring applications for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics

• Ensuring stakeholder buy-in to achieve consistent, clear data

• Proving leadership's role in implementing a culture of data

• Instating data governance best practices including management, reporting, and security

• Coordinate data mining, reporting, and analysis into a consolidating workflow

• Prioritizing Quality Improvement science through a disciplined, focused process

• Minimizing risk and setting realistic goals through techniques such as regression and forecasting models

• Avoiding common decision-making errors including confirmation bias and sunk cost fallacies

• Leveraging optimizations, simulations, and decision analysis techniques

• Creating intuitive tools and compelling visualizations that recommend actions for non-technical staff

• Assigning and managing data stewards responsible for data quality

• Facilitating Communities of Practice who incorporate data learning into their activities and interactions

Our Learning Solutions Associate can hold a seat for you in the program. A reservation does not commit you until you submit the online registration form. To reserve your spot, email our office.

A 10% reduced rate on live remote delivery is available to military and government employees, Penn State alumni, individuals pursuing a professional certificate, teams of three or more from the same organization, and CSCR corporate sponsors or affiliated groups.

Yes. This program can count toward a . Complete three qualifying programs at your own pace to earn the certificate. Note: Each program can only count toward one certificate.

After you register, you’ll gain access to your personal learning portal. There, you’ll find pre-program assignments, information about faculty and fellow participants, plus other program resources.

Accepted applicants can transfer to another section if the transfer is arranged more than four weeks before the program begins. Additional transfers are subject to a charge of 10% of the current program fee. A sponsoring company may also identify a replacement candidate, provided the candidate is accepted into the program.

Refunds are based on when written notice of withdrawal is received:

• More than six weeks before the program begins: Full refund

• Between two and six weeks before the program begins: 50% refund

• Two weeks or less before the program begins: No refund

All withdrawals, transfers, and substitutions must be confirmed in writing by the registered participant or their agent. If written notification is not received, the full program fee will be assessed.

Penn State may cancel or postpone a program due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a program is canceled, registration fees will be refunded; however, Penn State is not responsible for other related expenses, including airline or travel agency cancellation or change fees. If a program is postponed, you may receive a refund or transfer your program fee to another session.

If you have questions about transfers or cancellations, please contact us.