Are the answers you need buried in a dataset you can't decipher? In this course, you’ll learn to use AI as your analytical partner to transform unstructured data into clear, actionable insights. You’ll use Gemini to identify the right success metrics for any project and practice converting messy, raw data into structured tables. You'll use everyday language to generate powerful spreadsheet formulas and create compelling charts in Google Sheets—empowering you to make smarter, data-driven decisions.

AI for Data Analysis

AI for Data Analysis
This course is part of Google AI Professional Certificate

Instructor: Google Career Certificates
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What you'll learn
Identify success metrics by using AI to analyze business objectives and determine how to accurately measure project performance.
Clean and structure messy data by writing effective prompts to reformat and standardize unstructured information.
Generate spreadsheet formulas using natural language instructions with Gemini in Google Sheets.
Create data visualizations with AI to clearly communicate insights and trends.
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There are 3 modules in this course
Collaborate with AI to decide which metrics are most important for a business's success. Search for a guide on how to use the data analysis tool of your choice.
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Convert unstructured data into a usable format with AI. Use AI-powered spreadsheet functions to apply a complex operation many times without the necessary technical knowledge.
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Make sense of your data by asking AI to summarize it. Construct a narrative based on your data, and support it with an easy to read chart.
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3 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab
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In this course, you’ll practice using AI as your analytical partner, helping you turn messy, hard-to-use data into clear insights. You’ll learn how to use AI to structure information, define the right metrics, and create formulas and charts in Google Sheets—so you can make confident, evidence-based decisions faster.
This course is for learners who want to make data-driven decisions faster, without needing to code or create complex formulas. It’s especially useful for professionals who work with spreadsheets and data to conduct reporting and analysis, and need to clearly communicate their insights. Anyone in a marketing, business, marketing, operations, project management, product, or analytics-adjacent role will benefit.
You’ll learn how to translate business goals into measurable success metrics using AI, clean and standardize unstructured data into analysis-ready tables, use natural language to generate spreadsheet formulas and build charts and visualizations that highlight trends and insights.
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