Data Analysis: Tools and Techniques
3 days|Delivered on request
This is a hands-on programme. Delegates spend most of the time working through data modelling and statistical fundamentals on live scenarios rather than listening to theory about them. The practical emphasis is deliberate: analysts are frequently self taught in the tool and untrained in the reasoning, and reading about the method has repeatedly proved insufficient. Delegates leave able to work confidently with self service analytics, SQL querying and visual encoding choices in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Explain self service analytics to someone who does not do the work, measured against established visualisation principles
- Take ownership of SQL querying rather than escalating it
- Make a decision about visual encoding choices without waiting for a specialist
- Put data governance on a footing they can defend to a reviewer
What the course covers
- Data modelling
- Statistical fundamentals
- Self service analytics
- SQL querying
- Visual encoding choices
- Data governance
- Spreadsheet controls
Who should attend
- professionals moving into analytics
- finance professionals building reports
- operations managers using dashboards
