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[Featured Image] A business team is meeting together discussing data-driven decisions about the company moving forward.

Navigating Data-Driven Decisions in Your Organization

Making data-driven decisions means identifying your goals, collecting and analyzing data, and making conclusions based on insight. Explore how data-driven decisions can help you improve your company’s progress toward its goals.

March 17, 2025

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[Featured Image] A data scientist leads a business meeting using data visualization techniques to show the company's production more clearly.

What Are the Top Data Visualization Techniques?

Explore data visualization techniques to use in your organization, turning complex information into something more digestible.

March 17, 2025

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[Featured Image] Data analyst presents in front of a projected screen with essential data visualizations in the background.

Essential Data Visualization Skills

With the importance of data in the modern economy, developing data visualization skills can help your career prospects. Explore essential data visualization skills, visualization tools, and how to increase your abilities in this area.

March 17, 2025

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[Featured Image] A woman working in data visualization uses graphs and charts to present her findings to stakeholders.

6 Data Visualization Roles & How to Get Started

Data visualization is the graphic representation of data using tables, charts, infographics, and more. Learn more about how organizations use data visualization and common data visualization roles.

March 17, 2025

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[Featured Image] Two business persons are in the office on a computer working on data segmentation to help their company.

What Is Data Segmentation?

Uncover the strategies behind data segmentation and its impact on business insights. Learn more about its techniques and applications.

March 17, 2025

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[Featured image]Two colleagues work on a computer while discussing data privacy vs. data protection.

Data Privacy vs. Data Protection: What’s the Difference?

Data privacy signifies the protection of sensitive customer data, while data protection describes the way a business acts to protect that data. It’s important to understand these two distinct yet related terms. Explore more on Coursera today.

March 17, 2025

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