Learner Reviews & Feedback for Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies by Duke University
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JN
Apr 26, 2020
Great introduction and foundation on how to think about and conceptualize business metrics. I really needed this and it helps when thinking about what metrics would be useful for where I work.
JJ
Feb 27, 2017
It's the first course from the specification, which makes us better understand the necessary business metrics for data-driven companies, and it is a good entry for following modules. Help me a lot.
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By Shirley C
鈥Jun 14, 2018
The teaching is quite clear and basic. I recommend this course to anyone who didn't have any previous experience in business and analytics. If you've already attended business school or had finance foundations, this course could still be useful but you can skip some videos.
By Wenhui Y
鈥Aug 5, 2020
The course allows us to learn necessary business metrics to analyze every business well and to find out effective changes in business processes to improve the business. It is useful to use the knowledge of this course in my future university study and in my work as well.
By Yao Z
鈥Nov 1, 2015
Not so technical in these business metrics, a bit unclear in defining all of these metrics. However, give me a very good mindset about how data analyst looks like and what skills do the position require. I am really looking forward to the rest of courses from this combo.
By Rishabh S
鈥Aug 17, 2020
This course is helpful for students/learners with minimal knowledge of Business. I had a good learning experience.
This course needs more case studies where we get to work with the concepts mentioned in the course. The course needs updates as it is 4-5 years old.
By Cherry Z
鈥Jan 10, 2018
Clear introduction about the role of business analyst and specific skills required. Also the lecture discusses about the key business metrics involved in the commercial area which gives preparation for students to build a basic understanding about data analyst.
By Jitesh S
鈥Jun 23, 2020
The course provides insights on how business metrics align with the companies. As today's business is data driven, this course gives you how to link the metrics with the business processes which can be further utilized to make such processes more efficient.
By Suprajith H
鈥May 29, 2017
I am someone who had absolutely no idea about Business Metrics . I was wholly interested in Data Sciences. This course is a great place to start to understand how data is relevant in the world of Business Analytics. Professor Egger is a wonderful teacher !
By Rachel T
鈥May 3, 2017
A good introduction, though I would have appreciated more readings or suggestions on where to look into the topics in more depth (particularly the Financial Services Metrics). It was disorienting to not use actual data sets in the final peer assessment.
By Fuzail M
鈥Dec 7, 2015
Good course to build an overall understanding of metrics used by businesses but could have been better if assignments were more case-based but then again thats just my opinion and if the slides were provided at the end of each lecture--just saves time.
By Natalia G
鈥Jan 25, 2020
This course is an intro to the specialization. If you have been working with ratios, you probably won't learn anything new, however, it is a good overview of business metrics, and is ok to take as an intro to the whole specialization it is part of.
By Umang P
鈥Oct 11, 2019
It's a decent course that explains how you define metrics with respect to the various businesses out there, and to minimise redundancy by skipping the metrics that are neither in your control, nor are they applicable to your analysis objectives.
By nandinipriya r
鈥Oct 31, 2015
For a beginner like me, this course was a good introduction. I really liked the interviews of the earlier students who are now working in different role in different companies. That gave me a good insight about the working world in this field.
By Alec G
鈥Jun 21, 2017
For what it is 鈥 a very basic introduction to business metrics with little to no technical knowledge 鈥 this is a decent and low-time-investment course. In a couple of days, you can complete this course and learn some common business jargon.
By Jiaxin L
鈥Aug 25, 2025
Professor Egger makes each concept clear and vivid. I find those interviews with experienced people really helpful in understanding the differences among those job titles. But I'd like to learn more case studies in Business Metric Module.
By Eugene T
鈥Nov 23, 2015
It's a great course that gives a brief business perspective to the metrics involved in companies. However, content in this module can be heavier to give it a more in depth view by the introduction of more terminologies and examples.
By Brian H
鈥Feb 16, 2021
It is a good introductory course into the field of business analytics, however for my taste it was a bit light and slow going. Definitely a good starting course for if you don't have a lot of experience and general business skills.
By Scott K
鈥Oct 26, 2015
Great course. The instructor is very knowledgeable and gives lots of examples of real companies using metrics. There are some good assignments to practice using the things taught in the course. Seems like a good specialization too.
By li w
鈥Oct 3, 2020
This course is a little bit challenging for people who have not learned the business deeply. I have paid a lot of attention to finish this course. However, this course helps me a lot to know what a data analyst has to do. Thanks.
By Oliviero M
鈥Jun 15, 2017
A great intro to the world of Business Metrics. Looking at the types of professions in this field has been particularly useful to understand the jobs landscape and the skills required to become part of a certain workforce.
By Jack D
鈥Jul 6, 2020
This course creates a strong base of knowledge about data analytics but does not go to deep into the specifics of deriving these metrics. The concepts are important to understand before fully exploring data analytics.
By Sudhanshu B
鈥Sep 23, 2017
Learning new skills is always welcome for today execs
This course can be little more practical and involve learning
Note: you need to dig more info on web to learn this course as sometimes some content get thrown on you
By Jordan W
鈥Oct 27, 2020
I enjoyed this Introductory course. A couple of the lectures could be updated to reflect more current scenarios but otherwise, It's a great starting point for those who want to get a grasp on business data analytics.
By Jagat k
鈥Aug 6, 2017
I really liked the course and want to explore more in this field of business metrics and data analytics. The way this course is planned is great for the beginners to grasp the concept.
Thank you for all your support.!
By Nathaniel D
鈥Mar 9, 2018
There is some valuable information in this course but I think understanding the information in a greater context would help significantly. The course is paced well, with valuable examples, and important information.
By Katheryne M
鈥Jun 20, 2017
Short Course with lots of information. All information was explained well, and with much detail for us to look back on in later courses to achieve the accomplishment, that we are working towards in these courses.