Designed to support learners who are either new to data analysis, or would like to revisit core principles, this one-day Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands on exercises, to help participants manage, prepare, analyse and present data for more effective analysis.
You’ll explore the definitions and terminology surrounding data analysis and how to work with different data formats, as well as discover common errors when managing data and how to avoid them.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
– Describe the difference between data and information
– Access data using a range of different methods and formats
– Describe common data quality errors, how they arise, and how they can impact analysis
– Explore a dataset using summary statistics and simple plots
– Clean a dataset using one or more tools
– Analyse a dataset and present a conclusion.
It is essential for this course that you have:
– A knowledge of maths to GCSE level.
– Experience of using Excel, Google Sheets, or equivalent spreadsheet software.
Whilst not essential, it is useful to also have knowledge of basic statistical terms. You must have a personal computer with an internet connection capable of running standard Office software.
This course costs £235. If you also book onto Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Storytelling, you’ll be offered a discount which should be automatically applied at checkout. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected] .
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