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Applied Data Analytics Specialization

Madecraft

Applied Data Analytics Specialization

Build Data Analytics Skills for Business Decisions.

Turn raw business data into decisions using Pandas, Power BI, and graph database techniques.

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Instructor: Madecraft

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply a structured data analytics framework and automate tabular analysis using Python and Pandas.

  • Design interactive Power BI dashboards and construct data narratives that drive stakeholder decisions.

  • Map graph database structures, identify relationship-based patterns, and evaluate tools for graph analytics projects.

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June 2026

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Specialization - 4 course series

Data Analytics for Students

Data Analytics for Students

Course 1, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Apply a structured five-step analytical framework to diagnose business problems and deliver data-informed recommendations.

  • Evaluate and interpret key business data sources, from sales and marketing to competitive intelligence, to support strategic decisions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Analytics
Category: Dashboard Creation
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Analysis
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Dashboard
Category: Statistical Reporting
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Predictive Analytics
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Descriptive Analytics
Data Analytics: Dashboards vs. Data Stories

Data Analytics: Dashboards vs. Data Stories

Course 2, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Design stakeholder-centered Power BI dashboards that surface the right metrics for any audience at a glance.

  • Build data stories structured around a context-conflict-resolution arc that close with evidence-backed recommendations and a clear call to action.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Analytics
Category: Dashboard Creation
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Storytelling
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Action Oriented
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Dashboard
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Stakeholder Analysis
Category: Power BI
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Data Analytics: Graph Analytics

Data Analytics: Graph Analytics

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Map complex data networks using nodes, edges, and properties to reveal connection-based insights that row-and-column databases cannot surface.

  • Apply graph analytics to real-world scenarios and select the right graph database platform and query language for your project.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Database Design
Category: Databases
Category: Social Media Analytics
Category: Solution Design
Category: Network Model
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Query Languages
Category: Analytics
Category: Fraud detection
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Social Network Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Replace manual spreadsheet workflows with reproducible Pandas scripts that load, transform, aggregate, and visualize tabular data at any scale.

  • Aggregate, merge, reshape, and chart data from multiple sources using groupby, merge, melt, and plot operations in a single Jupyter Notebook.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Plot (Graphics)
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Pandas (Python Package)
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Integration
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Box Plots
Category: Feature Engineering
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Data Wrangling
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Statistical Visualization
Category: Data Import/Export

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