Exploratory data analysis describes and draws insights from collected data by employing statistical and visualization techniques for deeper understanding. In this course, you’ll hone the fundamental skills necessary for data professionals and learn advanced methods and tools for data preparation and analysis. As a learner in this course, you will understand the discovery, acquisition and cleansing of data; approaches to transform data; and methods to ensure a quality dataset.
Recommended prerequisite: Data Analysis with Excel or ample experience or knowledge using Microsoft Excel for data analysis.
Learning Outcomes
- Perform data discovery
- Distinguish processes for structured and unstructured data collection
- Identify ethical considerations in data manipulation
- Perform data munging, data validation and data transformation
Skills You'll Gain
- Data acquisition
- Data cleansing
- Data munging
- Data transformation
- Data discovery
- Ethics of data manipulation