Get ahead w/ Data Analysis & Visualization skills. Enhance your career by learning to analyze data using Excel spreadsheets, and create stunning visualizations and interactive dashboards with Cognos.

Necessary preparation

• All you need to get started is basic computer literacy, high school math, comfort working with numbers, willingness to self-learn online.

The Program

1. Introduction to Data Analytics.
2. Excel Basics for Data Analysis.
3. Data Visualization and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos.
4. Assessment for Data Analysis and Visualization Foundations.

What will you learn

• Describe the data ecosystem, tasks a Data Analyst performs, as well as skills and tools required for successful data analysis.
• List various types of charts and plots and create them in Excel as well as work with Cognos Analytics to generate interactive dashboards.
• Explain basic functionality of spreadsheets and utilize Excel to perform a variety of data analysis tasks like data wrangling and data mining.
• Explain what Data Analytics is and the key steps in the Data Analytics process.