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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


  • U

    University of Pennsylvania

    Business and Financial Modeling

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Modeling, Risk Management, Cash Flow Forecasting, Business Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Modeling, Portfolio Management, Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Financial Modeling, Risk Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Presentation, Quantitative Research, Presentations, Financial Forecasting, Spreadsheet Software, Predictive Modeling, Microsoft Excel

    ★ 4.5 (11K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    Coursera

    Building a Hiring Plan by Analyzing Past Data in Sheets

    Skills you'll gain: People Analytics, Workforce Planning, Job Analysis, Human Resource Strategy, Talent Sourcing, Human Resources Management and Planning, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Google Sheets, Talent Recruitment, Consolidation, Talent Acquisition, Compensation Analysis, Full Cycle Recruitment, Recruitment Strategies, Recruitment, Analysis

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

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Apply Splunk Data Transformation and Distributed Search

    Skills you'll gain: Splunk, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Data Transformation, Data Processing, Distributed Computing, Data Manipulation, Security Controls, Data Access, Identity and Access Management, Data Security, Metadata Management, Scalability

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Google Cloud

    Se préparer à devenir Professional Data Engineer

    Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Data Processing, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Systems Design, Data Infrastructure, Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Automation

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Master Advanced XPath for XML Data Navigation

    Skills you'll gain: Extensible Languages and XML

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Google Cloud

    Preparing and Aggregating Data for Visualizations using Cloud Dataprep

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Data Wrangling, Dashboard Creation, Data Manipulation, Google Cloud Platform, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Dataflow, Data Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Course Development

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Persistent Data, Monitoring & Cost Optimization in AKS

    Skills you'll gain: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Cloud Management, Continuous Deployment, Application Lifecycle Management, Capacity Management, Software Versioning, Virtual Networking, API Gateway, Identity and Access Management, Model Deployment, Security Controls, Large Language Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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

    LearnQuest

    Real-Time Big Data Access using HBase: Boosting Performance

    Skills you'll gain: Operational Databases, NoSQL, Real Time Data, Scalability, Database Design, Application Deployment, Data Infrastructure, Big Data, Data Manipulation, Performance Tuning, Data Modeling, Distributed Computing, Data Storage Technologies

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Build AWS QuickSight Dashboards with Covid-19 Data

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Business Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Business Intelligence Software, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Sharing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
    New
    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Analyze Windows Data Ingestion with Splunk Projects

    Skills you'll gain: Splunk, Data Integration, Windows PowerShell, Data Pipelines, Microsoft Windows, Data Preprocessing, Data Import/Export, Windows Servers, Data Validation, Configuration Management, Software Configuration Management, Event Monitoring, Fine-tuning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    EDUCBA

    Apply C++ Graphics to Visualize Pandemic Population Data

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Visualization (Computer Graphics), C++ (Programming Language), Application Development, Graphing, Computer Graphics, Verification And Validation, Data Validation, Data Structures, Software Testing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Google Cloud

    Reconciling Account Data with Cloud Spanner Change Streams

    Skills you'll gain: Reconciliation, Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Financial Data, Cloud-Based Integration, Data Pipelines, Data Integration, Event Monitoring, Account Management

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Business and Financial Modeling: University of Pennsylvania
  • Building a Hiring Plan by Analyzing Past Data in Sheets: Coursera
  • Apply Splunk Data Transformation and Distributed Search: EDUCBA
  • Se préparer à devenir Professional Data Engineer: Google Cloud
  • Master Advanced XPath for XML Data Navigation: EDUCBA
  • Preparing and Aggregating Data for Visualizations using Cloud Dataprep: Google Cloud
  • Persistent Data, Monitoring & Cost Optimization in AKS: Packt
  • Real-Time Big Data Access using HBase: Boosting Performance: LearnQuest
  • Build AWS QuickSight Dashboards with Covid-19 Data: EDUCBA
  • Analyze Windows Data Ingestion with Splunk Projects: EDUCBA

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