Communicating With Data
MIT Sloan School of Management's course on using data to support management decisions, covering fundamental quantitative techniques such as data analysis, probability, and statistical reasoning as tools for judgment rather than mere calculation. Lessons pair these methods with case studies showing how even trained professionals fall into cognitive errors and biases when interpreting data. Exercises and examples span marketing, finance, operations management, and strategy, grounding each technique in realistic business scenarios. The course materials, available through MIT OpenCourseWare, include lecture notes, assignments, and readings, and are free to access under a Creative Commons license. There is no instructor interaction or certificate, since this is a self-study version of an MIT Sloan class, but the full set of course materials lets learners work through the curriculum at their own pace.