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Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
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Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

This is your path to a career in data analytics. In this program, you’ll learn in-demand skills that will have you job-ready in less than 6 months. No degree or experience required.

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

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6 months at 10 hours a week
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What you'll learn

  • Gain an immersive understanding of the practices and processes used by a junior or associate data analyst in their day-to-day job

  • Learn key analytical skills (data cleaning, analysis, & visualization) and tools (spreadsheets, SQL, R programming, Tableau)

  • Understand how to clean and organize data for analysis, and complete analysis and calculations using spreadsheets, SQL and R programming

  • Learn how to visualize and present data findings in dashboards, presentations and commonly used visualization platforms

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

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4.8

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Earn degree credit

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Prepare for a career in Data Analytics

  • Receive professional-level training from Google
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google
  • Qualify for in-demand job titles: Data Analyst, Junior Data Analyst, Associate Data Analyst
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$92,000+
median U.S. salary for Data Analytics
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483,000+
U.S. job openings in Data Analytics
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75%
of certificate graduates report positive career outcome
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Connect with 150+ U.S. hiring organizations in Google’s Employer Consortium

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¹Lightcast™ US Job Postings (median salary with 0-5 years experience), Jan. 1, 2022 - Dec. 31, 2022). ²Positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022.

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

Course 118 hours4.8 (98,394 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define and explain key concepts involved in data analytics including data, data analysis, and data ecosystems.

  • Conduct an analytical thinking self assessment giving specific examples of the application of analytical thinking.

  • Discuss the role of spreadsheets, query languages, and data visualization tools in data analytics.

  • Describe the role of a data analyst with specific reference to jobs.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Spreadsheet
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Sample Size Determination
Category: SQL
Category: Data Cleansing

Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions

Course 221 hours4.7 (30,184 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain how the problem-solving road map applies to typical analysis scenarios.

  • Discuss the use of data in the decision-making process.

  • Demonstrate the use of spreadsheets to complete basic tasks of the data analyst including entering and organizing data.

  • Describe the key ideas associated with structured thinking.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Creating case studies
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Developing a portfolio

Prepare Data for Exploration

Course 325 hours4.8 (18,771 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain what factors to consider when making decisions about data collection.

  • Discuss the difference between biased and unbiased data.

  • Describe databases with references to their functions and components.

  • Describe best practices for organizing data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision-Making
Category: Spreadsheet
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Questioning

Process Data from Dirty to Clean

Course 426 hours4.8 (14,478 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define different types of data integrity and identify risks to data integrity.

  • Apply basic SQL functions to clean string variables in a database.

  • Develop basic SQL queries for use on databases.

  • Describe the process of verifying data cleaning results.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: R Markdown
Category: Data Visualization
Category: R Programming
Category: Rstudio

Analyze Data to Answer Questions

Course 532 hours4.6 (10,272 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Discuss the importance of organizing your data before analysis by using sorts and filters.

  • Convert and format data.

  • Apply the use of functions and syntax to create SQL queries to combine data from multiple database tables.

  • Describe the use of functions to conduct basic calculations on data in spreadsheets.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Aggregation
Category: Spreadsheet
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Calculations
Category: SQL

Share Data Through the Art of Visualization

Course 625 hours4.6 (8,250 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the use of data visualizations to talk about data and the results of data analysis.

  • Identify Tableau as a data visualization tool and understand its uses.

  • Explain what data driven stories are including reference to their importance and their attributes.

  • Explain principles and practices associated with effective presentations.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Collection
Category: Spreadsheet
Category: Metadata
Category: SQL
Category: Data Ethics

Data Analysis with R Programming

Course 736 hours4.8 (9,422 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the R programming language and its programming environment.

  • Explain the fundamental concepts associated with programming in R including functions, variables, data types, pipes, and vectors.

  • Describe the options for generating visualizations in R.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic formatting in R Markdown to create structure and emphasize content.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Tableau Software
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Presentation

Google Data Analytics Capstone: Complete a Case Study

Course 811 hours4.8 (13,676 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Differentiate between a capstone project, case study, and a portfolio.

  • Identify the key features and attributes of a completed case study.

  • Apply the practices and procedures associated with the data analysis process to a given set of data.

  • Discuss the use of case studies/portfolios when communicating with recruiters and potential employers.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Spreadsheet
Category: Data Analysis
Category: SQL
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Cleansing

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