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This document outlines a 6-month plan for learning data analysis, emphasizing foundational skills, practical experience, and portfolio development. Each month focuses on specific goals, resources, and tasks, including Python basics, data wrangling, visualization, exploratory data analysis, SQL, and real-world projects. By the end of the plan, learners should possess essential skills and a portfolio to demonstrate their capabilities.

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data analyst plan

This document outlines a 6-month plan for learning data analysis, emphasizing foundational skills, practical experience, and portfolio development. Each month focuses on specific goals, resources, and tasks, including Python basics, data wrangling, visualization, exploratory data analysis, SQL, and real-world projects. By the end of the plan, learners should possess essential skills and a portfolio to demonstrate their capabilities.

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Here's a 6-month plan for learning data analysis for free.

The plan focuses on building


foundational skills, practical experience, and a portfolio to showcase your work. It assumes
about 10-15 hours of study per week.

Month 1: Foundations of Data Analysis


Goals:

●​ Understand the basics of data analysis and key concepts.


●​ Learn Python basics for data manipulation.

Resources:

1.​ Learn Python Basics:​

○​ Python for Everybody (free course by Dr. Charles Severance)


○​ Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (book/online)
2.​ Key Concepts of Data Analysis:​

○​ Khan Academy: Introduction to Statistics

Tasks:

●​ Complete Python basics tutorials.


●​ Learn basic statistics concepts: mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and variance.
●​ Write simple Python scripts to analyze small datasets (e.g., calculate averages, find
patterns).

Month 2: Data Wrangling and Cleaning


Goals:

●​ Learn how to clean and preprocess raw data.


●​ Understand libraries like pandas and NumPy.

Resources:
1.​ Data Wrangling with Python:​

○​ pandas Documentation and Tutorials


○​ NumPy Tutorial
2.​ Practice:​

○​ Kaggle Datasets (download and practice cleaning data).

Tasks:

●​ Practice cleaning messy datasets (handling missing values, duplicates, etc.).


●​ Use pandas to manipulate data (filtering, grouping, aggregating).
●​ Explore basic file formats (CSV, Excel, JSON).

Month 3: Data Visualization


Goals:

●​ Master data visualization techniques.


●​ Learn to communicate insights through charts and graphs.

Resources:

1.​ Visualization Tools:​

○​ Matplotlib Tutorial
○​ Seaborn Documentation
○​ Plotly Free Tutorials
2.​ Data Storytelling:​

○​ Storytelling with Data (YouTube)

Tasks:

●​ Create visualizations like line charts, bar charts, scatter plots, and histograms.
●​ Start with Seaborn and Matplotlib for static plots.
●​ Use Plotly for interactive visualizations.
●​ Choose a dataset and create a mini-project to showcase insights.
Month 4: Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Goals:

●​ Apply EDA techniques to find patterns, trends, and anomalies in datasets.


●​ Strengthen understanding of hypothesis testing and distributions.

Resources:

1.​ EDA Techniques:​

○​ Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis by Kaggle


2.​ Practice:​

○​ Kaggle Competitions (Exploratory Phase)

Tasks:

●​ Analyze at least 2 datasets from Kaggle.


●​ Document and explain your findings in a notebook (e.g., Jupyter Notebook).
●​ Practice hypothesis testing using statistical methods.

Month 5: Introduction to SQL and Advanced Python


Goals:

●​ Learn SQL for database querying.


●​ Use Python for more advanced analysis (e.g., APIs, automation).

Resources:

1.​ SQL Basics:​

○​ Mode Analytics SQL Tutorial


○​ SQLZoo
2.​ Advanced Python:​

○​ Learn to work with APIs: Python Requests Library

Tasks:
●​ Practice SQL queries on free datasets (e.g., SQLZOO challenges).
●​ Combine SQL and Python to fetch and analyze data.
●​ Automate repetitive analysis tasks.

Month 6: Real-World Projects and Portfolio Building


Goals:

●​ Build a portfolio of data analysis projects.


●​ Learn basic machine learning concepts (optional).

Resources:

1.​ Portfolio Projects:​

○​ Kaggle Projects
○​ Data.gov (open datasets)
2.​ Optional: Machine Learning Basics:​

○​ Google's Machine Learning Crash Course

Tasks:

●​ Complete 2-3 full projects from data cleaning to visualization.


●​ Host your projects on GitHub or a portfolio website.
●​ Write blog posts or create presentations explaining your insights.

Additional Tips:

●​ Communities: Join forums like Reddit’s r/datascience, r/learnpython, and Kaggle


forums.
●​ Tools: Install and use Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab for practice.
●​ Consistency: Spend at least 10-15 hours weekly studying and practicing.

By the end of six months, you should have foundational skills, hands-on experience, and a
portfolio to showcase your abilities.

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