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Professional Certification in Quantitative Methods ​

Data-Driven Decisions, Powered by AI

(HRDCorp Course Series No: 10001438447)
Videos are available beginning September 1 , 2025
Course Credits: 2 Credits

Overview

Data-driven strategies encourage business growth and efficiency while promoting a competitive edge for organisations to thrive with incisive insights based on empirical evidence.

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  1. Asynchronous 1 - Topics
    Math review, The Normal Distribution, Algebra of Random Variables, The Normal CDF
  2. Class 1 - Topics
    Activity: Competing with Probability Distributions,
    Activity: Understanding Histograms, The Inverse Normal CDF,
    Activity: Finding the Limits of The Central Limit Theorem
  3. Asynchronous 2 - Topics
    Hypothesis testing, The T-Distribution, Difference-in-means-tests, Using Google Colab
  4. Class 2 - Topics
    Hypothesis Testing Projects: Choosing Thresholds for Fraud Detection, Avoiding False Positives in A/B Testing
  5. Asynchronous 3 - Topics
    One-tailed tests, Confidence Intervals, Bootstrapping, Using AI for Analytics
  6. Class 3 - Topics
    Activities: Data Viz and Analytics with AI
  7. Asynchronous 4 - Topics
    More Algebra for Random Variables , Correlation and Covariance, The Binomial Distribution
  8. Class 4 - Topics
    Activity: More AI Analytics, Project: Correlation and Product Bundling
  9. Asynchronous 5 - Topics
    Dimensionality Reduction
  10. Class 5 - Topics
    Project: Making Big Data Manageable with Dimensionality Reduction

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

  1. Solve foundational mathematical problems in topics like probability and statistics, using both classic spreadsheets and AI tools
  2. Apply statistical techniques and quantitative analysis to business problems management.
  3. Propose rational decisions in a variety of business contexts.

Anyone without a background in analytics but wants to develop their skills and knowledge in analytics.

Quantitative Preparation course (for those with limited background in Math). Please note that a link to this course will be shared to ACE learners upon registration.

Class Structure

Asynchronous

Before the first live session and between sessions, students will watch short video lectures and complete brief homework assignments to strengthen their classroom learnings.

Live Sessions

There will be a review discussion of the asynchronous content at the beginning of each class. Following this, students will work on in-class analytics projects and participate in interactive simulations.

Duration

The course is delivered over a period of 8 weeks (this includes time for learners to view videos before the first live session). Session starts on September 14 and ends on October 12, 2025.

First Live-session
Second Live-session
Third Live-session
Fourth Live-session
Fifth Live-session

First Live-session
Second Live-session
Third Live-session
Fourth Live-session
Fifth Live-session

Faculty

Samuel Flanders

Associate Professor II of Economics

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Quantitative Methods ​

Data-Driven Decisions, Powered by AI ​

RM10,000 or approximately USD2,200*

*This ACE course, which is part of ASB’s accredited degree programs, is exempted from Malaysian SST.

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