Data Analysis Basics Course

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!

• Making Better Decisions with Data Analysis

  3:17

• Data is Everywhere

  3:13

• Creating a Spreadsheet

  3:54

• Getting Good Data is Hard

  4:28

• Introducing Data Analysis

  5 questions

Getting 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!

• Summarizing Data: Maximum, Minimum, Range

  4:02

• Summarizing Data: Mean, Median, Mode

  2:35

• Getting Friendly with Data

  5 questions

• Analyzing Data Spread

  3:53

• Is Our Data Normal?

  5:15

• Visualizing Data

  3:47

• Charting Our Data: Part 1

  3:06

• Charting Our Data: Part 2

  4:30

• Becoming the Data

  5 questions

The 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.

• Understanding Metrics

  4:03

• Defining Terms

  4:38

• Analyzing the Data

  6:34

• Presenting Your Findings

  4:04

• Mastering Data Analysis

  5 questions