Detailed Data Analyst Study Plan Progress Tracker

Day Date Task Status Notes

1 2025-02-23 Learn Excel formulas: SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, IF.

2 2025-02-24 Master VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH.

3 2025-02-25 Data cleaning: Remove duplicates, trim spaces, text functions.

4 2025-02-26 Work with Pivot Tables & charts.

5 2025-02-27 Hands-on practice: Analyze a small dataset in Excel.

6 2025-02-28 Explore Google Sheets functionalities.

7 2025-03-01 Revise & complete an Excel mini-project.

8 2025-03-02 SQL Basics: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY.

9 2025-03-03 SQL: GROUP BY, HAVING, Aggregate Functions.

10 2025-03-04 SQL Joins: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL OUTER.

11 2025-03-05 SQL filtering & aggregation exercises.

12 2025-03-06 Hands-on SQL: Work on a sample database.

13 2025-03-07 Explore MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.

14 2025-03-08 Revise & solve SQL case studies.

15 2025-03-09 Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Standard Deviation.

16 2025-03-10 Understand Probability basics & Distributions.

17 2025-03-11 Learn Hypothesis Testing & Confidence Intervals.

18 2025-03-12 Analyze dataset distributions in Excel/Python.

19 2025-03-13 Study Correlation & Regression basics.

20 2025-03-14 Case study on real-world statistical analysis.

22 2025-03-16 Data Visualization: Bar, Line, Pie, Scatterplot.

23 2025-03-17 Data storytelling principles & best practices.

24 2025-03-18 Introduction to Power BI or Tableau.

25 2025-03-19 Hands-on: Create a dashboard for a sample dataset.

26 2025-03-20 Advanced visualization techniques.

27 2025-03-21 Visualization case study: Business report.

28 2025-03-22 Revise & build an interactive dashboard.

29 2025-03-23 Python Basics: Syntax, Variables, Loops, Functions.

30 2025-03-24 Install Jupyter Notebook, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib.

31 2025-03-25 Load and manipulate datasets using Pandas.

32 2025-03-26 Hands-on Python: Perform basic operations on a dataset.

33 2025-03-27 Work with NumPy for numerical computing.

34 2025-03-28 Python scripting for automation.

35 2025-03-29 Revise & solve Python-based exercises.

36 2025-03-30 SQL Advanced: Subqueries & Common Table Expressions (CTEs).

37 2025-03-31 SQL Window Functions: ROW_NUMBER, RANK, LEAD, LAG.

38 2025-04-01 SQL Stored Procedures & Triggers.

39 2025-04-02 Practice complex SQL queries on large datasets.

40 2025-04-03 SQL Case Study: Business insights & reporting.

41 2025-04-04 Join SQL challenges on LeetCode or StrataScratch.

42 2025-04-05 Revise & apply SQL concepts on a real dataset.

43 2025-04-06 Data Cleaning in Python: Handle missing values, duplicates.

45 2025-04-08 Regular expressions for text cleaning.

46 2025-04-09 Hands-on project: Clean a messy dataset.

47 2025-04-10 Data wrangling techniques for business analytics.

48 2025-04-11 Feature engineering for improved analysis.

49 2025-04-12 Revise & build a data cleaning pipeline.

50 2025-04-13 Advanced Data Visualization: Heatmaps, Boxplots, Pairplots.

51 2025-04-14 Customize plots & storytelling with Seaborn.

52 2025-04-15 Visualize trends in a dataset using Python.

53 2025-04-16 Create dynamic dashboards with Python.

54 2025-04-17 Power BI/Tableau storytelling principles.

55 2025-04-18 Build a full-fledged visualization project.

56 2025-04-19 Revise & present findings from visualization exercises.

57 2025-04-20 Power BI/Tableau Advanced: Learn DAX functions.

58 2025-04-21 Create interactive dashboards in Power BI/Tableau.

59 2025-04-22 Work on real-world dashboard projects.

60 2025-04-23 Improve an existing dashboard using feedback.

61 2025-04-24 Data storytelling: Present insights effectively.

62 2025-04-25 Work on a visualization-based case study.

63 2025-04-26 Revise & finalize a Power BI/Tableau project.

64 2025-04-27 Business Intelligence: KPIs & data-driven decision making.

65 2025-04-28 Industry case studies: Finance, Healthcare, Marketing.

66 2025-04-29 Analyze real-world datasets from Kaggle/Google Dataset.

68 2025-05-01 Review & analyze company performance metrics.

69 2025-05-02 Work on a BI-driven decision-making project.

70 2025-05-03 Revise & summarize key business intelligence concepts.

71 2025-05-04 Machine Learning Basics: Linear & Logistic Regression.

72 2025-05-05 Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning principles.

73 2025-05-06 Introduction to Scikit-learn for model training.

74 2025-05-07 Hands-on: Train a simple ML model using real data.

75 2025-05-08 Feature engineering techniques for ML models.

76 2025-05-09 Case study: Predictive analytics & forecasting.

77 2025-05-10 Revise & apply ML concepts in a mini-project.

78 2025-05-11 End-to-End Project: Choose a dataset & define objectives.

79 2025-05-12 Clean and preprocess data for analysis.

80 2025-05-13 Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA).

81 2025-05-14 Generate insights & visualizations from the dataset.

82 2025-05-15 Build a dashboard or business intelligence report.

83 2025-05-16 Finalize project, document insights & results.

84 2025-05-17 Publish or present the project on GitHub/Portfolio.

85 2025-05-18 Resume & LinkedIn Optimization: Showcase skills.

86 2025-05-19 Build a strong data analyst portfolio with projects.

87 2025-05-20 Network with professionals & apply for internships/jobs.

88 2025-05-21 Work on a portfolio project for real-world applications.

89 2025-05-22 Upload at least 3 projects on GitHub or a personal website.

91 2025-05-24 Solve SQL interview questions & case studies.

92 2025-05-25 Solve Python technical interview problems.

93 2025-05-26 Mock interviews: Improve responses & communication.

94 2025-05-27 Work on real-world case study presentations.

95 2025-05-28 Apply for 5+ jobs per week & track applications.

96 2025-05-29 Join data analyst communities & attend webinars.

97 2025-05-30 Continue problem-solving in SQL & Python.

98 2025-05-31 Prepare for behavioral interview questions.

99 2025-06-01 Mock interview with an industry professional.

100 2025-06-02 Finalize resume & cover letter for applications.

101 2025-06-03 Apply to another round of job openings.

102 2025-06-04 Continue networking & engaging in projects.

103 2025-06-05 Prepare final case study for interviews.

-8 2025-06-06 Revise, practice & continue applying for jobs.