DATA ANALYST

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Begin your journey into data science in just 3 months with this comprehensive roadmap.
Designed for beginners, it provides structured guidance and resources to learn essential
data science skills from scratch. This roadmap covers:
1. Technical Skills
2. Resources
3. Hands-on projects
4. Soft skills with additional resources,
5. A resume template with tips
6. A guide for interview preparation

➢ Role of a Data Analyst

A data analyst collects, cleans, and interprets data sets to answer a question
or solve a problem

Six steps of data analysis:

1. Business Question: Define what problem you want to solve

2. Get Data: Collect the data required for analysis

3. Explore Data: Explore data with visual exploration to understand what is in a dataset

4. Prepare Data: Data cleaning, calculated fields and data validation

5. Analyze Data: Use data analysis techniques to understand, interpret, and

derive conclusions based on the requirements

6. Present Findings: Share insights with stakeholders

< In just 3 months you can START your career in data science >

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3-Months Roadmap to Become a Data Analyst in 2024

Week 1: Building the Foundation

Week 1: Introduction to Data Handling

● Days 1-3: Grasp the fundamentals of data, its types, and sources.
● Days 4-5: Familiarize yourself with essential data analysis tools like Excel and
Google Sheets.
● Days 6-7: Dive into basic data manipulation and cleaning techniques.

EXCEL

● Basic formulas: Learn essential functions like SUM, AVERAGE, MEAN, MEDIAN,
SUMPRODUCT, CONCATENATE.
● Advanced formulas: Explore functions such as VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, IF,
COUNTIF, SUMIF for more complex calculations.
● Data Management: Remove duplicates and apply conditional formatting to
enhance data clarity.
● Data Visualization: Master creating charts, applying filters, sorting data, and
utilizing slicers for effective visual representation.
● Pivot Tables and Charts: Understand the power of pivot tables and pivot charts
for dynamic data analysis and reporting.
● Additional Topics: Explore data validation, named ranges, and array formulas for
advanced data manipulation and analysis.

FREE Resources:

1. Excel for Data Analysis

[Link]
2. IBM Data Analysis in Excel & R Certificate
[Link]
3. Analysing Data with Excel | IBM
[Link]

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Youtube Videos:

1. Freecodecamp's MS Excel Tutorial for Beginners

[Link]

2. Data Analytics In Excel Full Course | Intellipat

[Link]

3. Excel Tutorial | Intellipat

[Link]

[Link] Excel Full Course 2022 | Simplilearn

[Link]

5. Data Analytics Using Excel | Simplilearn

[Link]

6. Beginners to Pro Free Excel | Chandoo

[Link]

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 Week 2: Introduction to Statistical Analysis
● Days 1-3: Learn foundational statistical concepts such as mean, median, mode,
and standard deviation.
● Days 4-5: Explore the principles of probability and its role in data analysis.
● Days 6-7: Get introduced to Python for Data Analysis, covering syntax basics and
data structures.

TOPICS

● Basic Math Skills: Cover arithmetic operations, percentage calculations, weighted

averages, and cumulative sums to establish a strong foundation.
● Basic Statistical Concepts: Delve into fundamental statistical measures including
mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and normal distribution for data
analysis and interpretation.

Resources:

1. Statistics Tutorial for Beginners by Simplilearn:

[Link]

2. Mazher Khan’s Self made Notes

[Link]

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 Weeks 3-5: Mastering Data Manipulation with SQL
Week 3: SQL Fundamentals

● Days 1-3: Understand relational databases and grasp the basics of the SQL
language.
● Days 4-5: Learn how to query databases using SELECT statements.
● Days 6-7: Apply SQL skills to practical datasets.

Week 4: Advanced SQL and Database Management

● Days 1-3: Delve into advanced SQL queries and optimization techniques.
● Days 4-5: Learn principles of effective database management.
● Days 6-7: Apply advanced SQL techniques to large datasets.

Week 5: Project Work

● Work on projects applying the skills learned.

Topics

▪ Basic Queries: SELECT, WHERE, DISTINCT, LIKE, BETWEEN, ORDER BY, LIMIT, GROUP
BY, HAVING CLAUSE, INSERT, UPDATE, ALTER, IMPORT, Data types
▪ Advance Queries: Date time function, Window function, Sub query, Case statement,
CTE, query optimization
▪ JOINS: Inner, Outer, Left, Right

Resources

1. Geeks for Geeks

[Link]

2. SQL tutorial for beginners | Rishabh Mishra

[Link]

3. SQL Basics for Data Science

[Link]

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 4. SQL Bootcamp

[Link]

COURSES

1. SQL Full-course by Simplilearn

[Link]

2. Learn Basic SQL In 15 Mins | Learn BI Online

[Link]

3. SQL Basic Tutorial | TechTFQ

[Link]

4. MySQL Tutorials for beginners | Edureka

[Link]

5. NOSQL databases tutorial | freeCodeCamp

[Link]

SQL for Practice

▪ W3schools: [Link]
▪ Hacker rank SQL: [Link]
▪ Data lemur: [Link]
▪ Leetcode: [Link]
▪ Learn SQL: [Link]

Projects

15 Exciting SQL Projects With Source Code

[Link]

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 Weeks 6-7: Analysis and Visualization Tools

Week 6: Exploring Power BI/Tableau

● Apply statistical concepts using Python.

● Introduction to hypothesis testing.
● Apply statistical analysis on real datasets.

Week 7: Discovering Tableau

● Learn effective data visualization principles.

● Explore visualization libraries like Matplotlib and Seaborn.
● Create compelling visualizations for diverse datasets.

Resources

1. Power BI by Microsoft

[Link]

2. Power Bi Udemy Course

[Link]

3. Power BI Tutorial + Project Beginners

[Link]

4. Learn Power BI

[Link]

5. Tableau - Data Viz Specialisation

[Link]

6. Tableau A-Z

[Link]

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 Weeks 8-9: Python

Week 8: Python Fundamentals

● Introduction to Python for Data Analysis: basics of syntax and data structures.
● Dive deeper into Python: data types, functions, and libraries.
● Explore Pandas library for data manipulation.

Week 9: Advanced Python and Data Analysis Techniques

● Explore advanced Python features for data analysis.

● Explore visualization libraries like Matplotlib and Seaborn.
● Apply basic machine learning techniques on datasets.

Topics to Cover :

▪ Variables, Data types, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets, Conditional expressions,

Modules, Functions, Operators, if statements, Loops, classes and objects
▪ Python libraries: Pandas and Matplotlib
▪ Pandas: read/write csv, excel and JSON files, work with dataframe, data manipulation
and analysis- Group by, Concatenate, Merge
▪ Matplotlib: creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python

Resources

1. Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp

[Link]
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2. Data Analysis with Pandas and Python

[Link]

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 Weeks 10-11: Real-world Projects and Portfolio Building

Week 10: Real-world Data Projects

● Work on comprehensive data analysis projects.

● Peer review and feedback.

Week 11: Industry Applications

● Explore data analytics in specific industries.

● Attend guest lectures or webinars from industry professionals.
● Finalize and present your project to peers.

Resources

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Here are the links of some Projects:

1) E-commerce Project (Very Popular)

[Link]

2) Railway management system

[Link]

3) Road Safety Dataset

[Link]

4) European Soccer Game Analysis

[Link]

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5) World Population Dataset

[Link]
15_World_population

6) Top 5 Data Analytics Projects with Resources | Projects for Beginners | Rishabh
Mishra

[Link]

7) Sql - Data analysis practice/project

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 Weeks 12: Soft Skills, Job Apply and Interview

● Learn effective communication of findings.

● Build your resume and optimize your LinkedIn profile.
● Network and connect with professionals in the field.

Free resume template sites

1. Novo Resume: [Link]

2. Canva: [Link]
3. Resume io: [Link]

Interview Preparation

1. SQL interview preparation

[Link]

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Data analyst interview preparation

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ew-questions
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500+ Interview Questions On Data Analyst And Business Analytics

[Link]

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 Data Analyst Certifications
1. Google Data Analytics Certificate
[Link]

2. Google Advanced Data Analytics Certificate

[Link]

3. IBM Data Analytics Certificate

[Link]

4. Microsoft BI Data Analyst Certificate

[Link]
yst

5. Meta Marketing Analytics Certificate

[Link]

6. Data Science Certificate

[Link]

7. Data Science Bootcamp

[Link]
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 Practice
Best place to learn -

1. SQL: [Link]

2. Learn Excel: [Link]

3. Learn SQL: [Link]

[Link] PowerBI: [Link]

5. Learn Python: [Link]

6. Practice Coding Interviews

[Link]

7. Julius AI for data analysis [Link]

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 Youtube channels

1. [Link]

2. [Link]

3. [Link]

4. Chandoo
5. Rishabh Mishra
6. Lore So What
7. Alex The Analyst

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Practice Workbook - 100 [Link]

Days Challenge NNd_2xNLOT7abpJTs5O9iUQI/edit#gid=775777503
Roadmap to Become a Data
[Link]
Analyst

Follow me on Linkedin [Link]

Follow on Instagram [Link]

Book 1:1 Mentorship Plan -

[Link]
1,3, 6 Months
Book for Career Guidance,
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CV review & interview tip

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