2020 Transformative Learning Conference

Engaging with Transformative Learning Research

Analytics is the scientific process of transforming data into insight for making better decisions. Analytics is seen as an end-to-end process beginning with identifying the business problem to evaluating and drawing conclusions about the prescribed solution arrived at though the use of analytics tools and methodologies. INFORMS, the world’s largest professional society for those in the field of analytics, operations research, and the management sciences, is the first professional society to develop a professional certification program for analytics professionals. This presentation will provide an overview of the analytics ecosystem illustrated with real world examples, and discuss the key components of the Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) program, eligibility requirements, and the job task analysis study that defines the current knowledge, skills, and abilities that must be demonstrated by analytics professionals to effectively and successfully provide these services including the analytics soft skills.

The CAP® examination measures acceptable performance across seven major areas or domains of practice that adhere to the analytics end-to-end process: business problem framing, analytics problem framing, data, methodology selection, model building, deployment, and model life cycle management. Since analytics is an end-to-end process, the CAP® examination assesses a breadth of knowledge across the seven domains, but not a depth of knowledge in any one methodology. Finally the attendees will also receive a handout of the 15 data science certifications that will help them stand out in one of the hottest careers in the field.