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Data Analyst

What does a professional in this career do?

A data analyst is someone who scrutinizes information using data analysis tools. The meaningful results they pull from the raw data help their employers or clients make important decisions by identifying various facts and trends.

In this job you will...

  • Designing and maintaining data systems and databases; including fixing coding errors and other data-related problems.
  • Mining data from primary and secondary sources, then reorganizing said data in a format that can be easily read by either humans or machines.
  • Using statistical tools to interpret data sets, paying particular attention to trends and patterns could be valuable for diagnostic and predictive analytics efforts.
  • Demonstrating the significance of their work in the context of local, national, and global trends that impact both their organization and industry.
  • Preparing reports for executive leadership that effectively communicate trends, patterns, and predictions using relevant data.
  • Collaborating with programmers, engineers, and organizational leaders to identify opportunities for process improvements, recommend system modifications, and develop policies for data governance.
  • Creating appropriate documentation that allows stakeholders to understand the steps of the data analysis process and duplicate or replicate the analysis if necessary.

Skills You Will Gain

Data systems
Databases
Scrutinizes information

Representative Journeys

Become a Data Scientist
Become a Data ScientistPraba Santhanakrishnan, Pramod Gupta, Matt Harrison | Data Science | 30 hrs and 30 mins

Launch Journey

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Introduction to Python for Data Science
Praba SanthanakrishnanSkills: Data ScienceNumPyPandasPython FundamentalsSupervised LearningUnsupervised Learning
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Introduction to Data Analysis using R
Pramod GuptaSkills: Data AnalysisRR Studio
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Getting Started with Pandas
Matt HarrisonSkills: JupyterPandas

Journey Completed

Big Data Fundamentals
Big Data FundamentalsPraba Santhanakrishnan, Mark Kerzner, Rod Davison | Data Science | 11 hrs and 55 mins

Launch Journey

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Big Data Services on Microsoft Azure
Praba SanthanakrishnanSkills: Azure Data FactoryAzure HDInsight clusterData WarehouseDatalake
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Spark and Elasticsearch for Big Data Analytics
Mark KerznerSkills: Data ScienceElasticsearchReal-time indexingSearch and Data-AnalysisSpark
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Big Data Hadoop and Spark Developer in Amazon Elastic MapReduce
Rod DavisonSkills: Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR)Big DataData ScienceHandoopSpark Developer
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Understanding and Applying the Key Tools for Big Data Analytics
Mark KerznerSkills: Big Data analytics toolsCloud-based analyticHive

Journey Completed

Becoming an Agile Expert
Becoming an Agile ExpertAbbey Wiltse | Agility | 1 hrs and 35 mins

Launch Journey

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Agile and Scrum in Action
Abbey WiltseSkills: Agile Release PlanningAgile ScrumAgility
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Agile Release Planning
Abbey WiltseSkills: Agile ScrumAgility

Journey Completed

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SOME OF THE INSTRUCTORS AND EXPERTS SUPPORTING YOU ON THESE JOURNEYS

Introduction to Data Analysis using R

Introduction to Data Analysis using R

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Introduction to Python for Data Science

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Getting Started with Pandas

Understanding and Applying the Key Tools for Big Data Analytics

Understanding and Applying the Key Tools for Big Data Analytics

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Big Data Services on Microsoft Azure

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Spark and Elasticsearch for Big Data Analytics

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Big Data Hadoop and Spark Developer in Amazon Elastic MapReduce

Agile and Scrum in Action

Agile and Scrum in Action