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Translate business questions into analysis

Part of the Business Analytics learning and recruiting path. Read the explanation and example, attempt the task, then open the self-check.

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Understand

Start with a decision, user, scope and success metric rather than a chart. Describing, explaining and forecasting require different evidence.

Worked example

Segment falling sales by store, product and period. Attributing the fall to advertising requires more than simultaneous timing.

Examples and numbers are educational, not employer questions, live market data or hiring criteria.

Practise and keep your output

Turn one business problem into three answerable questions and list required fields.

Keep inputs and sources, assumptions, steps, results and uncertainties in your own document. Attempt independently before checking below.

After attempting: answer and self-check

Connect questions to actions, distinguish association from causation and identify missing data.

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