Data Analytics guide
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Iced CoffeeHere's a 3-month beginner-friendly course to help you get started in data
analytics, whether your goal is to build skills for a job, add a portfolio to your
resume, or simply understand the basics.
📆 3-Month Data Analytics Learning Plan
Month 1: Foundations + Excel & SQL Basics
Week 1-2: Introduction to Data Analytics
Topics:
What is data analytics?
Types of analytics (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive)
Analytics vs. data science vs. business intelligence
Resources:
Google Data Analytics Certificate (start with Week 1 content)
YouTube: Alex The Analyst's beginner playlist
Tasks:
Sign up for Google Data Analytics course or Coursera alternative
Create a free Notion or Excel-based "Learning Journal"
Week 3: Excel for Data Analytics
Topics:
Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, conditional formatting, charts
Resources:
Excel Easy (website)
YouTube: Leila Gharani’s Excel videos
Practice:
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Clean and summarize a basic dataset (e.g., sales or student scores)
Week 4: SQL Basics
Topics:
SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, JOINs
Resources:
Mode SQL Tutorial
Khan Academy SQL Course
Practice:
Use SQLBolt or LeetCode SQL
Month 2: Data Wrangling with Python + Data
Visualization
Week 5-6: Python for Data Analysis
Topics:
Numpy, Pandas basics (dataframes, filtering, merging)
Resources:
DataCamp / Kaggle Python course
Jupyter Notebook via Google Colab
Practice:
Clean a CSV dataset: remove nulls, rename columns, filter values
Week 7: Data Visualization (Excel, Python, or Tableau)
Topics:
Principles of good visualization
Bar charts, line graphs, histograms, scatterplots
Tools:
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Excel or Matplotlib/Seaborn
Tableau Public (optional)
Practice:
Create a small dashboard from cleaned data
Week 8: Mini Project 1
Project Ideas:
Analyze COVID-19 cases by country
Analyze Netflix or Spotify data
Deliverables:
Summary report (PDF or Notion page)
Charts or dashboard
Code/scripts in GitHub
Month 3: Applied Projects + Portfolio Building
Week 9-10: Intermediate SQL + Python
Topics:
Subqueries, CTEs, window functions (SQL)
GroupBy, apply(), lambda (Python)
Resources:
DataLemur SQL practice
Pandas Cookbook
Week 11: Final Project
Choose a Dataset:
Kaggle
Google Dataset Search
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Project Requirements:
At least 1 visualization
SQL queries or Python scripts
Insight summary or recommendations
Present:
Create a LinkedIn post + GitHub README
Week 12: Polish Portfolio & Job Prep
Tasks:
Add final projects to GitHub
Create a resume with data skills + portfolio links
Set up/updating LinkedIn profile
Optional:
Practice interview questions (Glassdoor, DataLemur)
Mock interview with a friend or mentor
🎯 Outcome by the End:
Basic-to-intermediate data analysis skills in Excel, SQL, and Python
1–2 real-world data projects
GitHub portfolio and LinkedIn presence
Solid foundation for entry-level roles or further study
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