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Data analyst

Find the answers that sit in data.

A data analyst turns data into decisions. You ask questions with SQL, clean and reshape data with Python, check what the numbers mean, and show the result in charts and short reports.

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  • 3 of 6 courses ready
  • About 18 hours in total
  • Free

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  1. SQL

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    Ask questions of a database and get answers.

    • Beginner
    • 10 lessons
    • 1 h 59 min

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    Why this step: Most business data sits in a database. SQL is the first skill of an analyst.

  2. Python

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    Learn a clear, friendly language used almost everywhere.

    • Beginner
    • 10 lessons
    • 1 h 54 min

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    Why this step: Python does the work that is too big or too repeated for a spreadsheet.

  3. Python for data

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    Read files, work with tables of data, and answer questions with code.

    • Intermediate
    • 15 lessons
    • 4 h 18 min

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    Why this step: You work with tables of data in code.

  4. Clean and reshape data

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    Fix missing values, wrong types, and duplicates before you analyze data.

    • About 3 h

    Why this step: Real data has gaps and errors. You fix them before you draw a conclusion.

  5. Statistics basics

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    Learn averages, spread, and chance, the ideas that you need to read data well.

    • About 4 h

    Why this step: You learn the ideas that stop you from reading too much into a number.

  6. Charts and reports

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    Turn data into charts and short reports that other people understand.

    • About 3 h

    Why this step: You turn the result into a chart and a short report that other people can use.