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- Data Analysis
- Beginner
About this Course
Learn how to make better decisions with data in this course on data analysis. We'll start by looking at what data analysis is, and then we'll see how we can use data analysis to create better outcomes.
What you'll learn
- Cleaning and preparing data in spreadsheets
- Summarizing data with formulae
- Normal distributions and standard deviations
- Simple visualizations in spreadsheets
- Presenting findings
Introducing Data Analysis
From the daily weather forecast to the nightly sports results, data is all around us. Let's take a look at how we can analyse data to draw conclusions and uncover hidden insights!
5 stepsGetting to Know Your Data
There's a lot of ways we can look at our data. We can look at it as rows in columns in a spreadsheet, or we can try and represent it visually as a chart. We can even summarize our data into just a few numbers to help us make decision making less of a chore and more of a step-by-step process!
9 stepsThe Data Analysis Process
There are a lot of ways to perform an analysis of data. In this stage, we'll talk about metrics and look at one way to work through the data analysis process.
5 stepsTeacher
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Ben Deitch
Ben is an Android teacher with a long history of creating and tinkering with Android apps. He's an avid learner, loves playing sports, and is a fairly average chef.