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About the Course

Ready to start a career in Data Analysis but don’t know where to begin? This course presents you with a gentle introduction to Data Analysis, the role of a Data Analyst, and the tools used in this job. You will learn about the skills and responsibilities of a data analyst and hear from several data experts sharing their tips & advice to start a career. This course will help you to differentiate between the roles of Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers. You will familiarize yourself with the data ecosystem, alongside Databases, Data Warehouses, Data Marts, Data Lakes and Data Pipelines. Continue this exciting journey and discover Big Data platforms such as Hadoop, Hive, and Spark. By the end of this course you’ll be able to understand the fundamentals of the data analysis process including gathering, cleaning, analyzing and sharing data and communicating your insights with the use of visualizations and dashboard tools. This all comes together in the final project where it will test your knowledge of the course material, and provide a real-world scenario of data analysis tasks. This course does not require any prior data analysis, spreadsheet, or computer science experience....

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ZJ

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This is an insightful and educative pathway for me to become a data analyst as it stands. Great thanks to both IBM and our promising Coursera for this opportunity.

I see this course as excellent

HA

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Great general and broad information on data analytics. Gives good ideas and examples of career paths that can be followed. I especially liked how it ranked the various careers and specializations.

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By Azuka N

Apr 2, 2023

Am pleased to have this learning experience here, the lectures and the quiz are very impactful.

Best Regards

Azuka N.

By Sriram H

Mar 30, 2022

It's too descriptive. This course could be split up into chunks and added to other courses with more practical work.

By Brendan M

Mar 26, 2024

Very surface level with little to no technical skills achieved in regards to Excel and R, misleading course title.

By Yetunde A

Aug 24, 2023

It was a well articulated course. The course outline is very detailed and helpful in understanding Data Analytics.

By Anyanwu C C

Jun 28, 2023

I really like the skill and knowledge am aquiring here as it will help me in my career switch to data analytics.

By Mia E

Jun 23, 2023

Great overview of the varying paths to be taken within the field, as well as the tools utilised in the industry!

By Ryan A

Sep 23, 2024

Some of the material presented and questions are not fully aligned. Still easy enough to figure out a solution.

By Daniel S

Sep 20, 2022

The introduction course was good but lacks a bit on practical side. More projects and less unecessary quizes.

By Ahmed S A H

Oct 8, 2021

wonderful course I learned a lot in this course and i understand what is ecosystem and what is data analysis .

By MAZOZ S

Jul 12, 2023

it was good overall, but i wanted something practical how to use the tools mentionned in the course.

thank you

By Joseph C

Aug 1, 2023

Very informative, provided lots of details on how Data Analytics works and how it contributes to the world.

By temitola g

Feb 20, 2023

It gives an insight on what data analysis and analytics entails and the various career paths of the course

By George M

Jan 11, 2023

Great learning materials and very clear video content. Impressed with the slides used during presentation.

By danilo b

Jul 13, 2022

Well organized and interesting topics.

Just some problems with uneven audio volume in certain interviews.

By Yazmin R

Mar 20, 2022

Good course. The only downfall is that the change the curriculum while I was in the middle of the course.

By Priyabrat S

Aug 31, 2022

Very well guided and detailed course material. Some case studies can be added more for the practise part

By Scotty O

Jul 2, 2022

Great information! Some questions were a bit average but overall a solid introduction to data analytics.

By Robert M

Nov 16, 2021

Great introduction for someone without previous knowledge of data analytics to include job possibilities

By Shree T

Jul 19, 2024

Including viewpoints of working professionals from different fields and positions will be helpful more.

By Naman C

May 1, 2022

Can include some more technical points.

But overall a very good introduction to Data analytics.

Satisfied

By Nicole C

Oct 30, 2022

Very good introduction course, I just wish they had shown examples when they were explaining things.

By Abdullah H

Feb 26, 2022

basic level but informative course, not for individuals who already have much knowldege of the domain

By Willie G

Jul 31, 2024

This course helped me completely understand data analytics, which is necessary since I am a beginner

By Siyamthanda N (

Apr 4, 2024

I enjoyed this course. My only criticism is the peer review part when submitting your final work.

By toyin a

May 25, 2022

Easy and seamless transmition of technical information and knowledge. I enjoyed every bit of it.