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Data Analyst: SQL, Analysis, and Visualization Specialization

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Data Analyst: SQL, Analysis, and Visualization Specialization

Build Job-Ready Data Analyst Skills.

Use SQL, analysis, and visualization to turn data into business insights

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Beginner level

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8 weeks to complete
at 8 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Explore datasets to uncover patterns, trends, outliers, and relationships that support business decisions

  • Use Excel, Python, and Tableau to summarize data and create clear charts, dashboards, and reports

  • Turn business questions into structured analyses and communicate insights stakeholders can act on

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Specialization - 6 course series

SQL for Data Extraction and Analysis

SQL for Data Extraction and Analysis

Course 1, 24 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Metrics
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Query Languages
Category: Ad Hoc Analysis
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Business Logic
Category: Operational Databases
Category: Databases
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Star Schema
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Database Management
Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Maintenance
Category: Data Access
Category: SQL
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Ad Hoc Reporting
Data Cleaning, Transformation, and Manipulation

Data Cleaning, Transformation, and Manipulation

Course 2, 14 hours

What you'll learn

  • Assemble analysis-ready tables with SQL joins and Python filtering.

  • Engineer clean numeric features with transforms, scaling, and standardization.

  • Prepare modeling-ready datasets: impute, encode, scale, and select features.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Pandas (Python Package)
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Wrangling
Category: Dimensionality Reduction
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Preprocessing
Category: Applied Machine Learning
Category: Feature Engineering
Category: Data Transformation
Data Quality Validation and Debugging

Data Quality Validation and Debugging

Course 3, 14 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Root Cause Analysis
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Validation
Category: Business Reporting
Category: Data Quality
Category: Analysis
Category: Debugging
Category: Investigation
Category: SQL
Data Analysis and Exploration

Data Analysis and Exploration

Course 4, 11 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Scatter Plots
Category: Descriptive Analytics
Category: Correlation Analysis
Category: Plot (Graphics)
Category: Histogram
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Graphing
Category: Statistical Visualization
Category: Analytics
Category: Statistics
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Statistical Methods
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Box Plots
Category: Data Presentation
Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization

Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization

Course 5, 17 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explore data with Python; compute descriptive stats and frequency distributions

  • Choose the right chart and build exploratory visuals for specific questions

  • Create Tableau comparisons to track KPIs vs targets and across segments

Skills you'll gain

Category: Analysis
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Tableau Software
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Statistical Reporting
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Statistical Visualization
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Descriptive Analytics
Category: Plot (Graphics)
Category: Dashboard Creation
Category: Seaborn
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Matplotlib
Data Visualization and Reporting

Data Visualization and Reporting

Course 6, 19 hours

What you'll learn

  • Choose the right chart and apply visual design to make insights clear and compelling.

  • Build core visuals and static dashboards in Tableau and Excel; format layouts for clarity and consistency.

  • Create reports with titles and annotations that highlight key findings and guide decisions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Design Elements And Principles
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Visual Design
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Dashboard
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Tableau Software
Category: Graphic and Visual Design
Category: Dashboard Creation
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Report Writing

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