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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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    Google Cloud

    Automating your BigQuery Data Pipeline with Cloud Dataprep

    Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Data Import/Export, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Data Wrangling, SQL, Data Transformation, Data Preprocessing, Google Cloud Platform, Data Management, Cloud Storage

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines en Español

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Real Time Data, Data Processing, Jupyter, File I/O, Google Cloud Platform, Data Transformation, Application Programming Interface (API), SQL, Analytics

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Snowflake - Build and Architect Data Pipelines Using AWS

    Skills you'll gain: Snowflake Schema, Data Pipelines, Apache Airflow, Data Security, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Kafka, Performance Tuning, PySpark, Data Warehousing, Data Import/Export, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, Real Time Data, Data Processing, SQL, Stored Procedure, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Northeastern University

    Data Management and Database Design Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Database Management, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Database Design, SQL, Transaction Processing, Stored Procedure, Data Security, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Server Side, Data Encryption Standard, Data Integrity

    Build toward a degree

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Hands-on Foundations for Data Science and Machine Learning with Google Cloud Labs

    Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Model Evaluation, Apache Spark, Data Integration, Dataflow, SQL, Data Pipelines, Metadata Management, Data Management, Real Time Data, Tensorflow, Data Science, Command-Line Interface, Applied Machine Learning, Cloud-Based Integration, Apache Hadoop, Query Languages, Machine Learning

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    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    125 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Snowflake

    Building Generative AI Apps to Talk to Your Data

    Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Embeddings, Natural Language Processing, Unstructured Data, Data Pipelines, User Interface (UI), SQL, Application Deployment

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
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    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Apply Sqoop for HR Data Analytics Projects

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Data Import/Export, HR Tech, People Analytics, Big Data, Data Pipelines, Data Storage, Data Processing, Authentications, Data Migration, SQL, Analytics, Database Management, Data Quality, Performance Tuning, Scalability, Data Security

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Online Data Migration to Cloud Spanner using Striim

    Skills you'll gain: Data Migration, MySQL, Data Access, Google Cloud Platform, Database Management, SQL, Data Pipelines, Databases, Data Store, Data Storage Technologies, Operational Databases, Cloud Management, Data Management

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Mejores prácticas para el procesamiento de datos en Big Data

    Skills you'll gain: Databricks, Real Time Data, PySpark, Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Big Data, Data Processing, SQL, Data Manipulation, Pandas (Python Package)

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    43 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
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    Coursera

    Advanced Data Testing for Quality at Scale

    Skills you'll gain: Application Lifecycle Management, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Data Validation, Data Governance, Data Quality, Test Automation, Apache Airflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Pipelines, SQL

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines em Português Brasileiro

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Real Time Data, Data Processing, Pandas (Python Package), Data Transformation, SQL, Jupyter, Google Cloud Platform, Analytics

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Offloading Financial Mainframe Data into BigQuery and Elastic Search

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard Creation, Cloud Management, Kibana, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing, Data Import/Export, Financial Data, Mainframe Computing, Dataflow, Mainframe Technologies, Big Data, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Pipelines, Cloud Deployment, SQL, Data Analysis

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Automating your BigQuery Data Pipeline with Cloud Dataprep: Google Cloud
  • Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines en Español: Google Cloud
  • Snowflake - Build and Architect Data Pipelines Using AWS: Packt
  • Data Management and Database Design Part 2: Northeastern University
  • Hands-on Foundations for Data Science and Machine Learning with Google Cloud Labs: Google Cloud
  • Building Generative AI Apps to Talk to Your Data: Snowflake
  • Apply Sqoop for HR Data Analytics Projects : EDUCBA
  • Online Data Migration to Cloud Spanner using Striim: Google Cloud
  • Mejores prácticas para el procesamiento de datos en Big Data: Coursera
  • Advanced Data Testing for Quality at Scale: Coursera

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