Creating an Analytical Dataset

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Free Online Course: Creating an Analytical Dataset provided by Udacity is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Creating an Analytical Dataset is taught by Maureen Wolfson.

Overview
  • The Creating an Analytical Dataset course provides students with foundational knowledge to input, clean, blend, and format data in preparation for analysis. You will learn:

  • The common sources and types of data
  • To identify and correct common issues with data
  • To format data in useful ways for analysis
  • To blend data from multiple sources together

    Throughout this course you’ll also learn the techniques to apply your knowledge in a data analytics program called Alteryx. At the end of the course, you’ll complete a project based on the principles in the course..

    This course is part of the Business Analyst Nanodegree.

Syllabus
    • Understanding Data
      • Learn to identify structured, unstructured, and semistructured data.,Get an introduction to the most common data types.,Learn about the most common sources of data.
    • Data Issues
      • Learn to clean dirty data.,Learn to how to adjust for missing data.,Be able to identify and correct outliers.
    • Data Formatting
      • Learn about the importance of data format for analysis.,Transpose, aggregate, and cross tabulate data.,Learn how to use parse data.
    • Data Blending
      • Learn how to merge data from multiple sources.,Learn to use common data blending techniques.,Explore fuzzy matching and spatial analysis