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Data Quality Analyst: Validation, Debugging, and Monitoring Specialization

Coursera

Data Quality Analyst: Validation, Debugging, and Monitoring Specialization

Build Trusted Data Systems.

Learn to catch data issues before they affect reports, dashboards, and decisions

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Intermediate level

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4 weeks to complete
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

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

What you'll learn

  • Audit and profile datasets to identify missing values, duplicates, inconsistencies, and other quality risks

  • Validate reports and debug SQL logic to resolve discrepancies before they affect business decisions

  • Monitor data pipelines, trace root causes, and prevent recurring quality issues across workflows

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July 2026

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Specialization - 3 course series

Data Quality Auditing and Profiling

Data Quality Auditing and Profiling

Course 1, 11 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Entry
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Quality
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Auditing
Category: Business Requirements
Category: Quality Assessment
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Data Capture
Category: Data Collection
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Data Validation
Category: Reconciliation
Data Quality Validation and Debugging

Data Quality Validation and Debugging

Course 2, 14 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

Data Quality Monitoring and Prevention

Course 3, 6 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Validation
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Data Quality
Category: Problem Management
Category: Analysis
Category: Data Preprocessing
Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Integration
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Mapping
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Risk Modeling
Category: Systems Analysis
Category: Debugging
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Processing
Category: Data Transformation

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