Data Analyst Roadmap for Beginners 2024

-Mansi Singh

Following is the roadmap to learn Data Analyst skills for a total beginner (no coding or computer science
background needed). It includes FREE learning resources for technical skills (or tool skills) + soft (or core) skills +
Practice + Showcasing your work to get interview calls + Cracking Interview.

Total Duration: 3 Months – 6 Months

1.5 hours in Tool Skills + 1 hour in Core Skills + 1.5 hours in practice = 4 hours study Every Day.

Step 0: Get to Know the Role of a Data Analyst

It involves leveraging data to find insights and address

issues.

1. This means coming up with the correct questions,

2. organizing and evaluating the data, and
3. explaining your conclusions to others.

Week 0: Do Proper Research and protect yourself from SCAMS.

 Hemanand Vadivel on LinkedIn: #scams #edtech #india #stopscambusiness | 126 comments

Week 1 and 2: Excel and Business Math/Statistics + LinkedIn Profile
Excel
 Basic Formulas: SUM, AVERAGE, PRODUCT, MEAN, MEDIAN, IF, SUMIF,
COUNTIF
 Advanced Formulas: VLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX
 Pivot Tables, REMOVE duplicates and conditional formatting
 Basic Charting, Filters, Sorting, slicers
 Power Query
 Can Ignore VBA, Macros etc. in the start.

 Learning Resources
 Business math using Excel: https://youtu.be/npgbI8KYvN8
 Chandoo's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chandoo_
 https://youtu.be/fcbB0nkDik8?si=rL6CNYciynDwL76m
 https://www.excel-easy.com
 https://exceljet.net
 https://www.excelpracticeonline.com

Business Math and Statistics

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 Business Math: Arithmetic, Percentages
 Example- YoY (Year over year) Growth or Decline: When Apple grew from 50 to 60
million, what is the % growth? Answer: 20 %
 Basic Statistics: Mean, Median, Standard Deviation, Bell Curve, Percentile

o Learning Resources
 Business math: https://youtu.be/npgbI8KYvN8
 Business math (Hindi):
https://youtu.be/vtrbOri8lag?si=DNmHRAbQCof5N_6H
 https://www.khanacademy.org/
 Intro to percentage https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-
algebra/xb4832e56:percentages#xb4832e56:intro-to-percents
https://www.mathsisfun.com/

 LinkedIn – What can you do here! 

o Start following prominent data analytics influencers!
 Injae Park: https://www.linkedin.com/in/injae-park/
 Shashank Singh: https://bit.ly/4apSnv7
 Raghavan P: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghavan-rp/
 Naveen S: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveen-s6/
 Alex the Analyst: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-freberg/

ENGAGE AND BUILT MEANING CONNECTIONS

Week 3, 4, 5: BI tools (Power BI or Tableau) + Business Fundamentals

Power BI

 Connecting to different data sources

 Data transformation in Power Query
 Creating metrics using DAX & Data Modelling
 Creating visuals
 Dashboarding
 Publishing to Power BI Service

Learning Resources
(Project Based Learning)

 Sales insights Power BI project: https://bit.ly/3C1WKgA

 Hospitality Insights Project: https://bit.ly/3DPBcoj

(Free YouTube Learning)

 Tableau for Beginners - Full Course by Simplilearn (YouTube)

  Power BI Full Course by Simplilearn (YouTube)
 Dashboard Design in Tableau by Simplilearn (YouTube)
 Interactive Dashboards with Power BI by Simplilearn (YouTube)
 Kaggle Datasets (Use datasets to create dashboards)

YouTube Channels to follow:

 How to Power BI
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Should I learn Power BI or Tableau?
If someone asks me to pick between Power BI and Tableau, I always suggest Power BI as it is
growing in popularity as compared to Tableau.

 This Gartner research shows Power BI is leading a BI game: Check here.

Business Fundamentals - Core Skill

I follow ThinkSchool and other YT Case Studies Like Mohak Mangal

 Example: How Amul beat competition using analytics:

https://youtu.be/nnwqtZiYMxQ

For corporate learnings and experiences – Satakshi Sharma

https://youtube.com/shorts/x8WvHFV9bDg?si=t67QQsC43ki_sGOj

Week 6, 7 and 8: SQL + ATS Resume + Project Portfolio

SQL
 Basics of relational databases
 Basic Queries: SELECT, WHERE LIKE, DISTINCT, BETWEEN, GROUP BY,
ORDER BY, ALTER, DELETE, DROP, TRUNCATE, DATA TYPES, LIMIY
 Advanced Queries: CTE, Subqueries, Window Functions, Date time function,
Case statement, Query Optimization
 Joins: Left, Right, Inner, Full
 Stored procedures and functions
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Learning Resources

 Free SQL Tutorial with exercises:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm0xH2Vpfi0
 Khan academy: https://bit.ly/3WFku20
 https://www.w3schools.com/sql/
 https://sqlbolt.com/

ATS Resume Preparation

o Here is the resume tips video along with some templates you can use for your
data analyst resume: https://youtu.be/BlMrosqLcoY?si=VHzUtSRyxJ_tUsso

Portfolio Building Resources:

You need a portfolio website in 2024. You can build your portfolio by using these free resources.

 Novypro
Helpful to add Power BI and Excel Projects.

 Linktree
Helpful to add multiple links in one page.

 GitHub
Another way to add projects and showcase it to hiring managers.
 Week 9 & 10: Python and Pandas + Leveraging AI Tools + More
Domain Knowledge
Python
 Variables, Lists, Dictionaries, Tuples, If condition, for loops,
functions, modules, file handling, classes and objects,
exception handling
 Control structures (if statements, loops).
 Functions and modules.
NumPy:
 Array creation and manipulation.
 Mathematical operations on arrays.
 Indexing and slicing.
Pandas:
 Series and DataFrame basics.
 Data cleaning and manipulation.
 Grouping and aggregation.
 Data Cleaning and Preprocessing:
 Handling missing data.
 Removing duplicates.
 Data normalization and scaling.
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Learning Resources

 Codebasics python HINDI tutorials - https://bit.ly/3vmXrgw

 Make sure to work on exercises in these folders:
https://github.com/codebasics/py/tree/master/Basics/Exerc
ise
 https://courses.analyticsvidhya.com/courses/pandas-for-
data-analysis-in-pyth on
 https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) AND REVISION - WEEK 11

ONWARDS
Resources:

● Exploratory Data Analysis in Python by Simplilearn (YouTube)

 ● EDA with Pandas by Kaggle (Free Course)

Project Management
o Scrum: https://scrumtrainingseries.com/
o Kanban: https://youtu.be/jf0tlbt9lx0
o Tools: JIRA, Notion

Leveraging Domain Knowledge

Build domain knowledge to understand how to use business terms along with numbers

1. BSNL Story -> Link

2. Amul's pandemic strategy ->Link
3. P & G data culture -> Link
4. Bad loans at Banks -> Link
5. Burger King's Strategy ->Link
6. AB InBev Automation ->Link

MAKE SURE TO WATCH THINK SCHOOL’S NEW SERIES ON BUSINESS PODCASTS

ADDITIONAL LINKS THAT HELPED ME PREPARE

SQL:

 https://www.youtube.com/@techTFQ
 https://www.youtube.com/@codebreakthrough
 https://www.youtube.com/@joeyblue1

Python:

 https://www.youtube.com/@CodeWithHarry
 https://www.youtube.com/@BroCodez
 https://www.youtube.com/@coreyms

Excel:
  https://www.youtube.com/@chandoo_
 https://www.youtube.com/@excelisfun
 https://www.youtube.com/@KenjiExplains

Power BI:

 https://www.youtube.com/@CurbalEN
 https://www.youtube.com/@GuyInACube
 htps://www.youtube.com/@BIElite

Tableau:

 https://www.youtube.com/@TableauTim
 https://www.youtube.com/@AbhishekAgarrwal

Data Analysis:

 https://www.youtube.com/@AlexTheAnalyst

Maths & Stats:

 https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown
 https://www.youtube.com/@statquest

Machine Learning:
 https://www.youtube.com/@krishnaik06
 https://www.youtube.com/@sentdex
 https://www.youtube.com/@campusx-official