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? Data Analysis vs Data Analytics

The document outlines the differences between data analysis and data analytics, highlighting that data analysis focuses on examining raw data for insights, while data analytics encompasses a broader scope including predictive modeling and visualization. It also provides a roadmap for becoming a data analytics professional, detailing stages from foundational skills to real-world practice. Additionally, it lists project ideas for freshers and intermediates to enhance their practical experience in data analytics.

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? Data Analysis vs Data Analytics

The document outlines the differences between data analysis and data analytics, highlighting that data analysis focuses on examining raw data for insights, while data analytics encompasses a broader scope including predictive modeling and visualization. It also provides a roadmap for becoming a data analytics professional, detailing stages from foundational skills to real-world practice. Additionally, it lists project ideas for freshers and intermediates to enhance their practical experience in data analytics.

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Data Analysis vs Data Analytics: What's the Difference?

Aspect Data Analysis Data Analytics

Examining raw data to find Broader field that includes data analysis +
Definition
patterns, trends, and insights predictive modeling, visualization, etc.

What will happen? Why did it happen?


Focus What happened? (Descriptive) (Descriptive + Diagnostic + Predictive +
Prescriptive)

EDA, Summary Statistics,


Techniques ML, Forecasting, Decision Trees, Optimization
Trend Detection

Excel, SQL, Python (Pandas, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, BigQuery, ML


Tools
Seaborn) models

Sales reports, customer trend Churn prediction, recommendation systems,


Use Case
analysis campaign optimization

Goal Understand data Drive decisions using data

Roadmap to Become a Data Analytics Professional


(Freshers & Intermediates)
Stage 1: Foundation (1 Month)

• Learn Excel: Functions, Pivot Tables, Charts

• Basic Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Correlation

• SQL: SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, Subqueries

Stage 2: Data Analysis Tools (1-2 Months)

• Python:

o Libraries: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn

o Data Cleaning and Manipulation

o Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

• Power BI or Tableau:
o Dashboard creation

o Real-time reporting

o Data connectivity

Stage 3: Advanced Analytics (2 Months)

• Intermediate Statistics: Hypothesis testing, ANOVA, Regression

• Machine Learning (Basics):

o Linear/Logistic Regression

o Clustering (K-Means)

o Time Series Forecasting

• Business Understanding:

o Domain knowledge in Retail, Finance, or Healthcare

o KPI building

Stage 4: Real-World Practice (Ongoing)

• Capstone Projects

• Case Studies

• Portfolio on GitHub

• LinkedIn Resume & Dashboard Showcases


Project Ideas for Data Analytics (Freshers &
Intermediates)
Freshers Level Projects

Project Title Description Tools

Analyze historical sales and create region- Excel / Power


Sales Dashboard
wise dashboards BI

Understand customer buying patterns from Python +


Customer Purchase Trends
transactional data Pandas

Visualize and interpret daily COVID trends in Tableau /


COVID-19 Trend Analysis
India Python

E-Commerce Product Review Python


Analyze ratings and reviews for products
Analysis (TextBlob)

Student Performance Correlation between study hours, attendance


Excel / Python
Analysis and scores

Intermediate Level Projects

Project Title Description Tools

Predict if a customer will default based


Loan Default Prediction Python + Scikit-learn
on past history

Marketing Campaign Analyze the success rate of multiple


Power BI + SQL
Analysis marketing channels

Identify which customers are likely to Python + Logistic


Churn Prediction Model
leave a service Regression

Inventory Optimization for Optimize stock levels and reduce SQL + Excel Solver /
Retail overstocking Python

Movie Recommendation Build a simple collaborative filtering Python (Surprise or


System recommender sklearn)

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