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Data Analyst
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Data Analyst
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Business Analyst
If you like working with numbers, patterns and solving problems this role is for you.
As a Data Analyst you'll identify, extract, analyze and visualize data to communicate insights using tools like Python, R, SQL, Excel and Tableau. Knowledge of applied statistics, and visualization will enable you to work with any data set and contribute to data-driven solutions. You might work in business, finance, government, science or healthcare, anywhere data is used to solve problems.
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Google Data Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Spreadsheet, Data Analysis, SQL, Data Visualization, Data Cleansing
Skills you'll gain: Data Science, Spreadsheet, Data Analysis, Python Programming, Microsoft Excel
Skills you'll gain: SQL, Pandas, Generative AI in Data Analytics, Data Analysis, Python Programming
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Data Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Looker & LookML, Dataproc, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, SQL Dataplex
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization (DataViz), Data Science, Spreadsheet, Data Analysis, Microsoft Excel
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