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Data Analysis Courses for Beginners

Beginner data analysis courses can help you learn data collection techniques, basic statistical concepts, data visualization, and interpretation of results. You can build skills in using spreadsheets for data manipulation, creating charts for visual representation, and applying descriptive statistics to summarize findings. Many courses introduce tools like Excel, Google Sheets, and data visualization software such as Tableau, showing you how to effectively analyze and present data to support decision-making.


Popular Beginner Data Analysis Courses and Certifications


  • A

    Association of International Certified Professional Accountants

    Introduction to Data Analytics for Accounting Professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analytics, Financial Data, Business Analytics, Analytical Skills, Data Analysis, Data Storage Technologies, Project Implementation, Data Analysis Software, Project Scoping, Unstructured Data

    ★ 4.7 (95) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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  • C

    Coursera

    Marketing Dashboards & Data Storytelling with AI

    Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Marketing, Dashboard Creation, A/B Testing, Predictive Modeling, Data Validation, Predictive Analytics, Analytics, Campaign Management, Web Analytics, Verification And Validation, Real Time Data, Management Reporting, Model Evaluation, Scheduling

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: New
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    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    AWS Data, Integration and Modern Workloads

    Skills you'll gain: AWS Kinesis, Amazon Web Services, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS SageMaker, Amazon Redshift, Database Administration, Extract, Transform, Load, Databases, Relational Databases, Real Time Data, Cloud Applications, Database Management Systems, Scalability, Data Integration, Cloud Deployment, Middleware, Cloud-Based Integration, Web Services, Data Warehousing, Data Integrity

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • M

    Microsoft

    Data Processing and Optimization with Generative AI

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Generative AI, Microsoft Copilot, Data Quality, Responsible AI, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Data Preprocessing, Data Cleansing, Generative Model Architectures, Data Processing, Data Synthesis, Data Integrity, Feature Engineering, Information Privacy

    ★ 3.7 (29) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • S

    SAS

    Modeling Time Series and Sequential Data

    Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), SAS (Software), Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Machine Learning Methods, Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Software, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Software, Bayesian Statistics, Model Evaluation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of California, Irvine

    Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Data Modeling, Unsupervised Learning, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Predictive Modeling, Cloud Computing, Market Analysis, Supervised Learning, Classification Algorithms

    ★ 4.6 (130) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • B

    Board Infinity

    Data Structures & Backend with Java

    Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Spring Boot, Restful API, Model View Controller, Spring Framework, Web Services, Java Programming, Java, Back-End Web Development, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Algorithms, Application Security

    ★ 4.3 (162) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    Edureka

    Mastering Power BI for Data Analytics & Storytelling

    Skills you'll gain: Relational Databases, Data Visualization, Data Modeling, Cloud Security, Databases, Database Management, Database Development, Inventory and Warehousing, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Cloud Management, Advanced Analytics, Cloud-Based Integration, Data Management, Performance Measurement, Data Governance, Microsoft Excel, Business Intelligence Software, Business Reporting, Cloud Storage, Spreadsheet Software

    ★ 4.5 (37) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • D

    Duke University

    Data Tidying and Importing with R

    Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Data Ethics, Data Transformation, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Data Collection, Data Pipelines, Data Preprocessing, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Integrity, R Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Information Privacy, Statistical Programming

    ★ 5 (12) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    Università di Napoli Federico II

    Data Science con Python e R

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Object Oriented Design, R Programming, Convolutional Neural Networks, NumPy, R (Software), Image Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Matplotlib, Artificial Neural Networks, Python Programming, Deep Learning, Computer Programming, Machine Learning Methods, Scripting Languages, Statistical Machine Learning, Scripting

    ★ 4.2 (55) · Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • G

    Google Cloud

    Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Operations

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Site Reliability Engineering, Performance Tuning, CI/CD, Data Processing, Debugging, System Monitoring, Development Testing, Unit Testing, Application Deployment, Disaster Recovery

    ★ 3.6 (21) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Building Data Centers - Maximum Environmental Sustainability

    Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sustainability Reporting, Compliance Reporting, Data Centers, Sustainability Standards, Sustainable Architecture, Data Infrastructure, Corporate Sustainability, Operational Efficiency, Product Lifecycle Management, Performance Metric

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular data analysis courses

  • Introduction to Data Analytics for Accounting Professionals: Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
  • Marketing Dashboards & Data Storytelling with AI: Coursera
  • AWS Data, Integration and Modern Workloads: Packt
  • Data Processing and Optimization with Generative AI: Microsoft
  • Modeling Time Series and Sequential Data: SAS
  • Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence: University of California, Irvine
  • Data Structures & Backend with Java: Board Infinity
  • Mastering Power BI for Data Analytics & Storytelling: Edureka
  • Data Tidying and Importing with R: Duke University
  • Data Science con Python e R: Università di Napoli Federico II

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