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IBM Data Analytics with Excel and R Professional Certificate

Kickstart Your Data Analytics Career w/ Excel & R. Master the data analysis and visualization tools to transform data into information and insights.

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3 Months

Under 10 hours of study a week

English

Beginner Level

No prior experience required.

Earn credits

Part of Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences

Build job-ready skills by learning from the best

Get started in the in-demand field of data analytics with a Professional Certificate from IBM. Learn the core principles of data analysis and gain experience with data manipulation using R and Excel, analytical techniques, and working with a variety of data sources.

Common job titles: Data Analyst, Junior Data Scientist, Associate Data Analyst, Junior Data Analyst, Data Technician, Business Performance Analyst, Marketing Analyst

¹Lightcast™ Job Postings Report (median with 0-2 years experience), United States, 9/1/21-9/1/22.

$67,500
median entry-level salary¹

123,321
in-demand job openings in data analytics¹

¹Lightcast™ Job Postings Report (median with 0-2 years experience), United States, 9/1/21-9/1/22.

Skills you will gain

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Relational Databases (RDBMS)

  • R Programming

  • Data Analysis

  • Data Visualization (DataViz)

  • Data Science

  • Spreadsheet

  • Pivot Table

  • IBM Cognos Analytics

  • Dashboard

  • Select (Sql)

  • Statistical Analysis

About this Professional Certificate

What you will learn

  • Utilize Excel spreadsheets to perform a variety of data analysis tasks like data wrangling, using pivot tables, data mining, & creating charts

  • Complete the data analysis process, including data preparation, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, using R, R Studio, and Jupyter

  • Create relational databases and tables, query data, sort, filter and aggregate result sets using SQL and R from JupyterLab

  • Communicate your data findings using various data visualization techniques including, charts, plots & interactive dashboards with Cognos and R Shiny

What is a Professional Certificate?

Build the Skills to Get Job Ready

Whether you’re looking to start a new career, or change your current one, Professional Certificates on Coursera help you become job ready. Learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever it’s most convenient for you. Enroll today and explore a new career path with a 7 day free trial. You can pause your learning or end your subscription at any time.

Hands-On Projects

Apply your skills with hands-on projects and build a portfolio that showcases your job readiness to potential employers. You'll need to successfully finish the project(s) to earn your Certificate.

Earn a Career Credential

When you complete all of the courses in the program, you'll earn a Certificate to share with your professional network as well as unlock access to career support resources to help you kickstart your new career. Many Professional Certificates have hiring partners that recognize the Professional Certificate credential and others can help prepare you for a certification exam. You can find more information on individual Professional Certificate pages where it applies.

There are 9 Courses in this Professional Certificate

Course1

Course 1

Introduction to Data Analytics

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10,632 ratings
Course2

Course 2

Excel Basics for Data Analysis

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5,219 ratings
Course3

Course 3

Data Visualization and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos

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2,520 ratings
Course4

Course 4

Assessment for Data Analysis and Visualization Foundations

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110 ratings

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Earn credit towards your degree

Upon completing this certificate, you can earn college credit when you're accepted into Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences from University of North Texas.

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