Learning Analytics

Effective techniques for learning / imparting the analytical skills require rational reasoning, common sense and enthused to learn statistics. These should be decorated with the technical skills on statistical concepts. These are implemented nicely using the tools like SAS, SPSS, Minitab, Statistica and various addins for Excel like EZ-R Stats.
When you are exposed to statistics, you will be invigorated to learn complete techniques in some cases whereas you will be astray and confused by too much of math in some cases. The learner should keep in mind the purpose of the learning and question himself is it for the learning pleasure or is it for the application to a problem? When you are using the screw driver, will be interested in learning what types of screwdrivers are there and what are the characteristics and strength of the material used for the screw driver bit how much is the length from the handle? You do not think of the technical details right.. Your only objective will be to use it for unscrewing the screw you are focusing but not anything else. Similarly when you are applying the statistics, you should be focusing only on the data to be collected, the right tool to be used depending upon the type of the data. Once results are the there, what & where to look how to interpret your solution. In general, a business problem is converted to statistical problem and solved statistically; interpret these statistical results onto your business problem without defocusing in the ocean of statistical amazement. The Analytics person should have the right focus in applying this statistics.