Intro to Data Analytics Course
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Intro to Data Analytics details
In this course, you will
Discover the entire data analysis process, from mastering the fundamental principles to presenting the results of your analysis.
Get to know how data can be used to solve business problems with intelligent solutions.
Apply core analytical approaches, such as descriptive, predictive, and diagnostic, as you interpret, visualize, and present your very first data analysis.
Work 1:1 with an expert mentor and tutor, who will give you personalized feedback and insights into life as a data analyst.
Join an active community of over 3,000 students, alumni, mentors, and career specialists, and get access to exclusive events and webinars.
Fully online
Study for 15-20 hours per week for one month
Personalized mentorship
Our mentors are rated 4.93/5 from over 4,000 reviews
Outcome oriented
Deliver your first data analysis and get your first certificate in data analytics
Why learn data analytics?
The field of data analytics is huge—and will only get bigger
As the market grows and businesses face a significant skills shortage, data analysts will increasingly benefit from high demand, a rich variety of opportunities, and competitive compensation.
Good data makes businesses better
Data analytics reveals insights that helps businesses to develop a much deeper understanding of their audience, their industry, and their company as a whole.
Boost your career with data analytics skills
Mastering data analytics skills will enable you to stay one step ahead of industry trends and make better business decisions, no matter what sector you work in.
Why choose a CareerFoundry intro course?
Work with your very own course tutor and mentor
You'll enjoy a truly collaborative online learning experience, with tailored written and video feedback on everything you do from experts who work in your new field day in, day out.
Get the perfect balance of theory and practice
From day one, you'll put your newfound knowledge of data analytics into practice as you work towards delivering your data analysis.
Love data? Then become a data analyst, guaranteed
There's a good chance you'll fall in love with data analytics. If you do, we'd love you to stick around for our full career change Data Analytics Program, which is backed up by a job guarantee. Find out more here.
The objectives are clear, the content is well written and informative, the tasks helped me master the concepts, and the mentors provided invaluable feedback. Enrolling at CareerFoundry was the best career decision I've made in a long time.
Meet your new team
Our dual mentorship model pairs you with not one, but two industry experts—your mentor and your course tutor. They're at the top of their game in data analytics and work in tandem to inspire you to exceed your expectations, providing individualized feedback and guidance as you work towards delivering your first data project.
Your mentor
Your mentor will be there to give you feedback on your portfolio project.
Your tutor
Your tutor will be giving you timely feedback on all your submissions.
Our mentors and tutors haven’t just made a name for themselves at top companies in the industry—they've helped shape it.
A project-based curriculum that gets you thinking like a data analyst.
Learn the fundamental principles, key skills, and all-important mindset that makes data analytics so valuable.
Created by experienced instructional designers, authored by industry experts, and kept up-to-date by course editors, our curriculum will serve as the foundation of your learning experience.
Data Analytics in Practice
Learn what data analysts do, what tools they use to process data, and how they apply their skills in different industries. Prepare to kick off your own analysis by getting familiar with the dataset you’ll be working with in your course project.
Introduction to Excel
Get hands-on with Excel, one of the primary tools used by data analysts to quickly access and generate key insights from data. Learn how to sort, filter, format, organize, and create useful visualizations from a dataset.
Understanding Your Dataset
Analyze and describe your dataset—including where it came from, how large it is, and what’s missing—in order to identify sources of bias and better understand how it relates to the problem at hand.
Cleaning Your Data
Identify sources of error in your data, and learn how to clean your dataset to minimze potential issues.
Organizing Your Data
Aggregate, filter, sort, and modify your dataset—and use tools like pivot tables to generate new insights about groups of records, such as trends over a time period.
Introduction to Analytical Methods
Compare different approaches to data analysis—such as descriptive, predictive, and diagnostic—understanding when to apply each one to tackle different types of business problems.
Conducting a Descriptive Analysis
Apply statistical methods to your dataset using Excel to complete a thorough descriptive analysis.
Developing Insights
Form hypotheses around how a dataset will look, and generate useful insights about the data by comparing the behaviour of the data to your first estimates.
Visualizing Data Insights
Build helpful visualizations of your data to present your findings to stakeholders. Based on the type of data you are working with, choose the most effective visualization for the problem you’re trying to solve.
Storytelling with Data
Present the results of your analysis to others, providing a compelling narrative around old and new assumptions, and insights into a business problem.
Your first step to becoming a data analyst
If you fall (even more deeply) in love with data analytics during this course, you can move seamlessly onto our career-change Data Analytics Program.
Portfolio Projects
Review a selection of some of the work our students have completed in recent months.
Price
Intro to Data Analytics
- Learn through our comprehensive, project-based curriculum
- Receive regular, personalized feedback from your course tutor
- Deliver your first data analysis, which will form the basis of your professional portfolio
- Get an in-depth review of your final project from your mentor on a video call
- Gain exclusive access to our global community—plus events and webinars
- Upgrade to the full Data Analytics Program and become a qualified, job-ready data analyst
FAQ
You don’t need to have experience in data or tech to succeed in this course! Regardless of your age or background, we’ve built a learning experience that will help ensure your success—from the curriculum and hands-on exercises, to the mentorship and support you’ll receive along the way.
But this doesn’t mean the learning experience is isolated or lonely! You’ll have your mentor, tutor, and student advisor there to support you—as well as access to our active student community on Slack.
When you complete the course, you’ll also receive a signed CareerFoundry certificate. This will make it easy for you to share the news on LinkedIn or with potential employers.
All you need to be successful in this course is:
- The motivation to learn and grow
- An interest in data analytics
- Written and spoken English skills at a level B2 or higher
In addition, there are a few tools you’ll need, as well as some system/hardware requirements to be aware of. You can check out all the course details in the Intro to Data Analytics information sheet.
That said, if you fall in love with data analytics during the intro course and you want to pursue a career in the field, the full Data Analytics Program is the natural next step. It includes expert mentorship, full and hands-on immersion in the field, portfolio reviews, individualized career coaching, and a job guarantee. Everything you need to land the data job of your dreams!
If you decide to enroll in the career change program, you’ll receive a partial tuition credit towards the cost of the full program. You can talk to your student advisor and they’ll take care of the details.
Find out more here:
- How it works: From the curriculum to your support team, and beyond—here are the details.
- Meet our mentors: Get to know who the CareerFoundry mentors are and how the dual-mentorship model works.
- Graduate outcomes: Here’s some of the work our graduates did in the full program—and where they’re at today.
This process ensures that the course meets a high stand for an excellent and effective learning experience.
On successful completion of this certification process, the course is assigned a unique approval number (7361520) which can be checked against a public register.
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