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
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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.
Skills you'll gain
- Category: Data Presentation
- Category: AI Personalization
- Category: Responsible AI
- Category: Business Analytics
- Category: Interactive Data Visualization
- Category: Analytics
- Category: Data Wrangling
- Category: Simulation and Simulation Software
- Category: Performance Measurement
- Category: Artificial Intelligence
- Category: Performance Analysis
- Category: AI Enablement
Tools you'll learn
- Category: AI Workflows
- Category: Google Workspace
- Category: Google Gemini
- Category: Generative AI
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February 2026
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Reviewed on May 18, 2026
Very awesome to complete and learn, I’ve improved my AI skills
Reviewed on May 24, 2026
Thanks to Google and Coursera for this interesting course!
Reviewed on May 7, 2026
It is a really great course to get you thinking about how you can use AI for Data Analysis. It would benefit from a slightly broader view of other tools available
