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Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization

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In Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization, you’ll learn to explore datasets with code and turn findings into targeted visuals that drive clear decisions. This is a skill-based path organized around real analyst job tasks. You’ll start with a quick check of what you already know, then focus on the skills you want to strengthen. Skip topics you’ve mastered and dive deeper where you need practice. Each lesson is curated from expert instructors so every step builds a concrete workplace skill. Using Python (pandas, seaborn/matplotlib), you’ll perform exploratory data analysis (EDA), compute and interpret measures of central tendency and dispersion, summarize categorical variables with frequency analysis, and create exploratory charts. In Tableau, you’ll identify the right chart for a question and build comparison visuals that stack KPIs against targets and across business segments. By the end, you can explore data reproducibly, summarize results clearly, and design targeted visuals including skills that map to responsibilities in roles like Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Reporting Analyst, and Operations Analyst.

Syllabus

  • Start Here: Get Oriented and Check Your Skills
    • Start here to learn how this skill-based course works and find your recommended starting point. You’ll take a short, ungraded diagnostic to check your current skills, then decide whether to go directly to the graded skill assessments or review targeted learning content first.
  • Job Task 1: Explore and Summarize Data with Code
    • Use this module to build the skills for the job task Explore and Summarize Data with Code. You'll learn how to apply measures of central tendency and dispersion to summarize numeric variables, build visualizations in Python for statistical exploration, and apply frequency analysis to summarize the distribution of categorical data. Review the lessons that match the skills you want to strengthen before completing the related graded assessment.
  • Job Task 2: Identify and Build Targeted Visualizations
    • Use this module to build the skills for the job task Identify and Build Targeted Visualizations. You'll learn how to identify the appropriate chart type for a given analytical purpose, and how to build comparison visualizations in Tableau that compare a performance metric against targets or across business segments. Review the lessons that match the skills you want to strengthen before completing the related graded assessment.
  • Wrap Up: Review Your Skill Achievement and Choose Your Next Path
    • Review the skills you practiced and demonstrated in this course, then prepare to describe them in career-relevant ways. You’ll also explore recommended skill paths that can help you continue building related job-ready skills.

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