Week One: Introducing Data Analysis
Week One: Introducing Data Analysis
Core Concepts
The Goal: Data and analysis lead to insights, information, and informed decisions.
Data Analyst: Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data in order to help make informed decisions.
Course Outline: The course consists of eight steps:
One. Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere.
Two. Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions.
Three. Prepare Data for Exploration.
Four. Process Data from Dirty to Clean.
Five. Analyze Data to Answer Questions.
Six. Share Data Through the Art of Visualization.
Seven. Data Analysis with R Programming.
Eight. Data Analytics Capstone Project: Complete a Case Study.
Business and Data
Business and Data
GAP Analysis: This is the process companies use to compare their current performance with their desired, expected performance.
Why Businesses Organize Data: Organizations need their data structured to improve processes, identify opportunities and trends, launch new products, serve customers, and make thoughtful decisions.
Six Steps of the Data Analysis Process:
One. Ask questioning and define the problem.
Two. Prepare data by collecting and storing the information.
Three. Process data by cleaning and checking the information.
Four. Analyze data to find patterns, relationships, and trends.
Five. Share data with the stakeholders.
Six. Act on the data and use the analysis results.