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Foundations of Data Analysis
• Introduction to Data Analytics & Roles (Analyst, Scientist, Engineer)
• Types of Data (Structured, Semi-Structured, Unstructured)
• Data Lifecycle & Data-Driven Decision Making
• Understanding Databases (SQL vs NoSQL)
2. Excel & Spreadsheet Skills
• Data Cleaning & Formatting
• Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH
• Charts & Dashboards
• Basic Statistics with Excel
3. SQL & Databases
• Basics of SQL: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY
• Joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL)
• GROUP BY, HAVING, Aggregations
• Subqueries, CTEs, Window Functions
• Data Modeling & Normalization
4. Programming for Data Analysis (Python / R)
Python (most popular choice):
• Data Structures (Lists, Dicts, Tuples, Sets)
• Libraries: Pandas, NumPy
• Data Cleaning & Preprocessing
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
• Handling Missing Values & Outliers
• Basic Automation for Reporting
5. Statistics & Probability
• Descriptive Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Std. Dev.
• Probability Basics & Distributions (Normal, Binomial, Poisson)
• Hypothesis Testing (t-test, chi-square, ANOVA)
• Correlation vs Causation
• Confidence Intervals & P-values
6. Data Visualization & BI Tools
• Data Storytelling Principles
• Visualization with:
o Python: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly
o BI Tools: Power BI / Tableau
• Creating Dashboards & Reports
• Designing KPIs & Metrics
7. Data Wrangling & Big Data Basics
• Data Cleaning & Transformation (ETL concepts)
• Working with APIs & JSON data
• Basics of Big Data (Hadoop, Spark overview)
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure – optional but in-demand)
8. Advanced Topics (Optional / Career Boost)
• Basics of Machine Learning for Analysts:
o Regression, Classification (just intro)
• A/B Testing & Experiment Design
• Time Series Analysis (trend, seasonality)
• Data Governance & Ethics
9. Projects & Case Studies
• Sales & Marketing Data Analysis
• Customer Segmentation & Churn Analysis
• Financial Data Dashboard
• Business Reporting with SQL + Power BI/Tableau
• Capstone Project
10. Interview Preparation
• SQL Query Practice
• Case Study Questions (Business Problem → Insights)
• Data Cleaning Challenges
• Mock Dashboard Presentations
3-Month Data Analyst Study Plan
Month 1: Foundations & Core Tools
Week 1: Data Analytics Basics + Excel
• What is Data Analytics?
• Types of Data & Roles (Analyst vs Scientist vs Engineer)
• Excel basics: formulas, functions (SUM, IF, COUNTIF, VLOOKUP)
• Mini-project: Clean a messy Excel dataset (sales data) & make a summary report.
Week 2: Advanced Excel + Data Visualization
• Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting
• Creating Dashboards in Excel
• Charts (line, bar, scatter, pie, combo)
• Mini-project: Build an Excel dashboard for sales performance.
Week 3: SQL Basics
• Database concepts (tables, primary keys, relationships)
• SQL: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT
• Filtering & Sorting Data
• Mini-project: Write SQL queries to analyze an online retail dataset.
Week 4: SQL Intermediate
• Joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL)
• GROUP BY, HAVING, Aggregate Functions (SUM, AVG, COUNT)
• Subqueries & Aliases
• Project: Create a SQL report for “Customer Purchase Analysis”.
Month 2: Programming + Statistics
Week 5: Python Basics
• Python basics: variables, data types, loops, functions
• Pandas & NumPy for data analysis
• Data Cleaning (missing values, duplicates)
• Mini-project: Clean a dataset (e.g., Titanic dataset) using Pandas.
Week 6: Python for Data Analysis
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) with Pandas
• Matplotlib & Seaborn for visualization
• Handling outliers & distributions
• Project: EDA on a real dataset (e.g., Movies dataset or COVID data).
Week 7: Statistics – Descriptive
• Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Standard Deviation
• Probability basics (independent vs dependent events)
• Normal distribution, z-scores
• Mini-project: Calculate summary statistics of sales data.
Week 8: Statistics – Inferential
• Hypothesis Testing (t-test, chi-square, ANOVA)
• Confidence Intervals & P-values
• Correlation & Causation
• Project: A/B Testing case study (e.g., website conversion rates).
Month 3: Advanced Skills + Projects
Week 9: BI Tools (Tableau / Power BI)
• Introduction to Tableau/Power BI
• Connecting to datasets
• Building interactive dashboards
• Mini-project: Create a dashboard for “Customer Churn Analysis”.
Week 10: Advanced Analytics
• Time Series Basics (trend, seasonality)
• Intro to Machine Learning (Regression, Classification – just basics)
• Data Governance & Ethics
• Mini-project: Analyze stock price trends with Python.
Week 11: End-to-End Project
• Choose a dataset (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Healthcare, etc.)
• Do full pipeline: Data Cleaning → EDA → SQL → Visualization
• Build final report/dashboard
• Capstone Project Idea: “Sales Performance & Customer Insights Dashboard”.
Week 12: Interview Prep + Portfolio
• SQL query practice (real interview-style questions)
• Case Studies: “How would you analyze X business problem?”
• Prepare a GitHub portfolio with 2–3 projects
• Mock dashboard presentation (explain insights like to a manager).
Final Deliverables after 3 Months
1. Excel Dashboard Project
2. SQL Business Report Project
3. Python EDA Project
4. Statistics/A-B Testing Case Study
5. Power BI / Tableau Dashboard Project
6. Capstone End-to-End Project
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