Data Management

Overview
This course walks you through the complete life of data: how it is collected, cleaned, stored, and turned into insight. You will study the fundamentals of data science, learn how to build a solid data collection plan, and practice cleaning and validating real datasets. From there, you will move into analysis, working with SQL, pivot tables, and Excel to summarize data and build presentation-ready dashboards, before finishing with an introduction to big data concepts.
The course runs 30 hours and is built around real case studies and hands-on practice, so you leave able to work with data confidently in a professional setting.
What You Will Learn
- Explain core data science concepts, including data types and variables such as nominal, ordinal, and ratio
- Build a data collection plan and choose appropriate collection methods and sample sizes
- Clean and validate datasets, including handling missing values and outliers
- Describe common data storage methods, including data lakes and cloud storage
- Apply descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analysis techniques using SQL
- Build and use pivot tables to filter, group, and summarize data
- Create presentation-ready dashboards and reports in Excel
- Describe the basics of big data, including storage, clustering, and processing challenges
Course Curriculum
| Module | What you cover |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Data Science | Data science fundamentals, structured versus unstructured data, and studying variables |
| Data Collection Techniques and Preparation | Building a data collection plan, choosing methods and sample sizes, and using ETL tools |
| Data Cleaning and Validation | Handling missing values, outliers, normalization, and building mineable datasets |
| Data Storage and Protection | Storage essentials, data lakes, storage virtualization, and cloud storage |
| Data Analysis with SQL | Descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics, the data analysis process, and an introduction to SQL and probability |
| Data Analysis with Pivot Tables and Excel | Building and formatting pivot tables, applying formulas, and creating presentation-ready dashboards and charts |
| Big Data and Professional Skills | Big data storage and processing challenges, plus communication, marketing, and financial planning skills for freelancers |