Data Analytics
Why study Data Analytics?
Data Analytics is the combination of Computer Science and Statistics. With the massive amount of data that is collected today, we need to have the computing skills to manipulate and extract relevant data prior to performing statistical analyses, which enables us to make informed decisions in a world where variability is everywhere.
Data Analytics provides you with the skills and techniques for manipulating and administering large databases to extract useful information for statistical analyses.
As a Data Analytics graduate from the University of Waikato you will have the ability to use statistical techniques in a number of industries, from healthcare to travel to energy management. Your skills will help companies to make better decisions as well as to verify and disprove existing theories.
Computing facilities at Waikato
The computing facilities at the University of Waikato are among the best in New Zealand. Our senior computing laboratory has a network of PCs running Linux and Windows. All students will have 24 hour access to labs equipped with the latest versions of specialist statistical software packages, including Minitab, R, Mathematica, Matlab and C++.
Career Opportunities
- Biometrics
- Business analyst
- Data analyst
- Government statistician
- Industrial statistician
- Insurance and finance
- Market researcher
- Medical statistician
- Operational researcher
Study Data Analytics in these qualifications
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