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Data Literacy in Practice (Coursera)

Offered by SAS,

In this course, you learn practical skills to explore and visualize data. You will follow a small business owner's data-driven journey to improve company performance to gain skills to prepare data, conduct analysis, and share insights using data visualizations.

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By the end of this course, you will be able to prepare data and conduct exploratory analysis, investigate relationships in the data by using visualizations, and communicate findings. If you are new to analyzing data, this course is for you. The focus in this course is on practical understanding while avoiding complicated statistical terminology to help you feel supported and encouraged throughout the process. Anybody can be successful in this course regardless or background.
This course is part of the Data Literacy: Exploring and Visualizing Data Specialization.

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Welcome to the Data Literacy: Exploring and Visualizing Data Specialization
In this module you learn about the scope and structure of the courses in this Data Literacy: Exploring and Visualizing Data Specialization.

Data Literacy in Practice
In this course, you learn practical skills to explore and visualize data. You will follow a small business owner's data-driven journey to improve company performance to gain skills to prepare data, conduct analysis, and share insights using data visualizations. By the end of this course, you will be able to prepare data and conduct exploratory analysis, investigate relationships in the data by using visualizations, and communicate findings. If you are new to analyzing data, this course is for you. The focus in this course is on practical understanding while avoiding complicated statistical terminology to help you feel supported and encouraged throughout the process. Anybody can be successful in this course regardless or background.

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