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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


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    Northeastern University

    Data Warehousing and Integration Part 1

    Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, Star Schema, Data Governance, Database Design, Data Management, SQL, Relational Databases, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Data Quality, Data Analysis, Systems Design

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Data Modeling and Lakehouse Architecture with SQL

    Skills you'll gain: Star Schema, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, Database Design, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, Database Architecture and Administration, Enterprise Modeling, SQL, Data Pipelines, Diagram Design, Database Theory, Business Logic, Data Integrity, Semantic Web, Data Storage, Business Metrics, Dimensionality Reduction, Resource Utilization, Issue Tracking

    Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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

    Coursera

    Apply Data Lake Transactions & Versioning

    Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Data Maintenance, Data Pipelines, SQL, Disaster Recovery

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Edureka

    PySpark in Action: Hands-On Data Processing

    Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Data Pipelines, Big Data, Data Storage Technologies, Data Processing, Distributed Computing, Data Architecture, Data Storage, Data Wrangling, Data Integration, Data Transformation, SQL, Data Manipulation, Performance Tuning

    ★ 2.8 (8) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    Coursera

    Career Development For Open Source Data Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Data Pipelines, Apache Airflow, Professional Networking, Data Presentation, Web Presence, Portfolio Management, GitHub, Apache Spark, Data Quality, Apache, Python Programming, SQL

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Google Cloud

    Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Data Processing, Real Time Data, File I/O, Data Transformation, Jupyter, Performance Tuning, SQL

    ★ 4 (44) · Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    Google Cloud

    Troubleshooting and Solving Data Join Pitfalls

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Google Analytics, Data Integration, Data Manipulation, SQL, Database Administration, Data Validation

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Hadoop & Big Data Foundations Mastery Course

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Hive, Apache Mahout, NoSQL, Apache Hadoop, Extract, Transform, Load, Big Data, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Application Deployment, Databases, SQL, Applied Machine Learning, Database Development, Performance Tuning, Data Processing, File Systems, Real Time Data, Query Languages, Database Management, Database Theory

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    Coursera

    Data Manipulation and Management using MYSQL Workbench

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL Workbench, MySQL, Database Management Systems, Database Software, Database Management, Data Manipulation, Data Management, SQL, Databases, Information Management, Query Languages, Data Integration, Data Science

    ★ 4.6 (21) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • D

    Duke University

    Scripting with Python and SQL for Data Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, MySQL, SQL, JSON, Scripting, Data Persistence, Scripting Languages, Database Development, Data Manipulation, Data Structures, Operational Databases, Database Software, Query Languages, Data Store, Database Management, Databases, Data Import/Export, Data Capture, Spatial Analysis, Python Programming

    ★ 4.4 (111) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Coursera

    GenAI for Data Engineers: Scaling with GenAI

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Generative AI, Data Pipelines, Data Modeling, Data Transformation, SQL

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    LearnKartS

    Data Engineering Foundations on AWS

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, SQL, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Quality, Cloud Engineering, Data Pipelines, Version Control, Data Modeling, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Git (Version Control System), Data Management, Query Languages, Data Storage Technologies, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Data Security, Big Data, Software Versioning, Encryption

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular data analysis courses

  • Data Warehousing and Integration Part 1: Northeastern University
  • Data Modeling and Lakehouse Architecture with SQL: Coursera
  • Apply Data Lake Transactions & Versioning: Coursera
  • PySpark in Action: Hands-On Data Processing: Edureka
  • Career Development For Open Source Data Engineering: Coursera
  • Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines: Google Cloud
  • Troubleshooting and Solving Data Join Pitfalls: Google Cloud
  • Hadoop & Big Data Foundations Mastery Course: EDUCBA
  • Data Manipulation and Management using MYSQL Workbench: Coursera
  • Scripting with Python and SQL for Data Engineering: Duke University

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