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# Average |
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# Average |
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When focusing on data analysis, understanding key statistical concepts is crucial. Amongst these, central tendency is a foundational element. Central Tendency refers to the measure that determines the center of a distribution. The average is a commonly used statistical tool by which data analysts discern trends and patterns. As one of the most recognized forms of central tendency, figuring out the "average" involves summing all values in a data set and dividing by the number of values. This provides analysts with a 'typical' value, around which the remaining data tends to cluster, facilitating better decision-making based on existing data. |
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- [@article@How to calculate the average](https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/calculate-the-average-of-a-group-of-numbers-e158ef61-421c-4839-8290-34d7b1e68283#:~:text=Average%20This%20is%20the%20arithmetic,by%206%2C%20which%20is%205.) |
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- [@article@How to Calculate the Average](https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/calculate-the-average-of-a-group-of-numbers-e158ef61-421c-4839-8290-34d7b1e68283#:~:text=Average%20This%20is%20the%20arithmetic,by%206%2C%20which%20is%205.) |
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- [@article@Average Formula](https://www.cuemath.com/average-formula/) |
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# Big Data and Data Analyst |
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In the modern digitized world, Big Data refers to extremely large datasets that are challenging to manage and analyze using traditional data processing applications. These datasets often come from numerous different sources and are not only voluminous but also diverse in nature, including structured and unstructured data. The role of a data analyst in the context of big data is crucial. Data analysts are responsible for inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling big data to discover useful information, conclude and support decision-making. They leverage their analytical skills and various big data tools and technologies to extract insights that can benefit the organization and drive strategic business initiatives. |
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In the modern digitized world, Big Data refers to extremely large datasets that are challenging to manage and analyze using traditional data processing applications. These datasets often come from numerous different sources and are not only voluminous but also diverse in nature, including structured and unstructured data. The role of a data analyst in the context of big data is crucial. Data analysts are responsible for inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling big data to discover useful information, conclude and support decision-making. They leverage their analytical skills and various big data tools and technologies to extract insights that can benefit the organization and drive strategic business initiatives. |
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- [@article@Big Data Analytics](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/big-data-analytics) |
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# Data Cleaning |
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Data cleaning, which is often referred as data cleansing or data scrubbing, is one of the most important and initial steps in the data analysis process. As a data analyst, the bulk of your work often revolves around understanding, cleaning, and standardizing raw data before analysis. Data cleaning involves identifying, correcting or removing any errors or inconsistencies in datasets in order to improve their quality. The process is crucial because it directly determines the accuracy of the insights you generate - garbage in, garbage out. Even the most sophisticated models and visualizations would not be of much use if they're based on dirty data. Therefore, mastering data cleaning techniques is essential for any data analyst. |
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Data cleaning, which is often referred as data cleansing or data scrubbing, is one of the most important and initial steps in the data analysis process. As a data analyst, the bulk of your work often revolves around understanding, cleaning, and standardizing raw data before analysis. Data cleaning involves identifying, correcting or removing any errors or inconsistencies in datasets in order to improve their quality. The process is crucial because it directly determines the accuracy of the insights you generate - garbage in, garbage out. Even the most sophisticated models and visualizations would not be of much use if they're based on dirty data. Therefore, mastering data cleaning techniques is essential for any data analyst. |
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- [@article@Data Cleaning](https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/what-is-data-cleaning#:~:text=tools%20and%20software-,What%20is%20data%20cleaning%3F,to%20be%20duplicated%20or%20mislabeled.) |
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# Data Collection |
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In the context of the Data Analyst role, data collection is a foundational process that entails gathering relevant data from various sources. This data can be quantitative or qualitative and may be sourced from databases, online platforms, customer feedback, among others. The gathered information is then cleaned, processed, and interpreted to extract meaningful insights. A data analyst performs this whole process carefully, as the quality of data is paramount to ensuring accurate analysis, which in turn informs business decisions and strategies. This highlights the importance of an excellent understanding, proper tools, and precise techniques when it comes to data collection in data analysis. |
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Data collection is a foundational process that entails gathering relevant data from various sources. This data can be quantitative or qualitative and may be sourced from databases, online platforms, customer feedback, among others. The gathered information is then cleaned, processed, and interpreted to extract meaningful insights. A data analyst performs this whole process carefully, as the quality of data is paramount to ensuring accurate analysis, which in turn informs business decisions and strategies. This highlights the importance of an excellent understanding, proper tools, and precise techniques when it comes to data collection in data analysis. |
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- [@article@Data Collection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_collection) |
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# Data Manipulation Libraries |
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Data manipulation libraries are essential tools in data science and analytics, enabling efficient handling, transformation, and analysis of large datasets. Python, a popular language for data science, offers several powerful libraries for this purpose. Pandas is a highly versatile library that provides data structures like DataFrames, which allow for easy manipulation and analysis of tabular data. NumPy, another fundamental library, offers support for large, multi-dimensional arrays and matrices, along with a collection of mathematical functions to operate on these arrays. Together, Pandas and NumPy form the backbone of data manipulation in Python, facilitating tasks such as data cleaning, merging, reshaping, and statistical analysis, thus streamlining the data preparation process for machine learning and other data-driven applications. |
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Data manipulation libraries are essential tools in data science and analytics, enabling efficient handling, transformation, and analysis of large datasets. Python, a popular language for data science, offers several powerful libraries for this purpose. Pandas is a highly versatile library that provides data structures like DataFrames, which allow for easy manipulation and analysis of tabular data. NumPy, another fundamental library, offers support for large, multi-dimensional arrays and matrices, along with a collection of mathematical functions to operate on these arrays. Together, Pandas and NumPy form the backbone of data manipulation in Python, facilitating tasks such as data cleaning, merging, reshaping, and statistical analysis, thus streamlining the data preparation process for machine learning and other data-driven applications. |
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- [@article@Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) |
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- [@article@NumPy](https://numpy.org/) |
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- [@article@Top Python Libraries for Data Science](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-python-libraries-for-data-science-article) |
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# Data Visualisation Libraries |
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# Data Visualization Libraries |
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Data visualization libraries are crucial in data science for transforming complex datasets into clear and interpretable visual representations, facilitating better understanding and communication of data insights. In Python, several libraries are widely used for this purpose. Matplotlib is a foundational library that offers comprehensive tools for creating static, animated, and interactive plots. Seaborn, built on top of Matplotlib, provides a high-level interface for drawing attractive and informative statistical graphics with minimal code. Plotly is another powerful library that allows for the creation of interactive and dynamic visualizations, which can be easily embedded in web applications. Additionally, libraries like Bokeh and Altair offer capabilities for creating interactive plots and dashboards, enhancing exploratory data analysis and the presentation of data findings. Together, these libraries enable data scientists to effectively visualize trends, patterns, and outliers in their data, making the analysis more accessible and actionable. |
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Data visualization libraries are crucial in data science for transforming complex datasets into clear and interpretable visual representations, facilitating better understanding and communication of data insights. In Python, several libraries are widely used for this purpose. Matplotlib is a foundational library that offers comprehensive tools for creating static, animated, and interactive plots. Seaborn, built on top of Matplotlib, provides a high-level interface for drawing attractive and informative statistical graphics with minimal code. Plotly is another powerful library that allows for the creation of interactive and dynamic visualizations, which can be easily embedded in web applications. Additionally, libraries like Bokeh and Altair offer capabilities for creating interactive plots and dashboards, enhancing exploratory data analysis and the presentation of data findings. Together, these libraries enable data scientists to effectively visualize trends, patterns, and outliers in their data, making the analysis more accessible and actionable. |
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# Data Visualization |
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Data Visualization is a fundamental fragment of the responsibilities of a data analyst. It involves the presentation of data in a graphical or pictorial format which allows decision-makers to see analytics visually. This practice can help them comprehend difficult concepts or establish new patterns. With interactive visualization, data analysts can take the data analysis process to a whole new level — drill down into charts and graphs for more detail, and interactively changing what data is presented or how it’s processed. Thereby it forms a crucial link in the chain of converting raw data to actionable insights which is one of the primary roles of a Data Analyst. |
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Data Visualization is a fundamental fragment of the responsibilities of a data analyst. It involves the presentation of data in a graphical or pictorial format which allows decision-makers to see analytics visually. This practice can help them comprehend difficult concepts or establish new patterns. With interactive visualization, data analysts can take the data analysis process to a whole new level — drill down into charts and graphs for more detail, and interactively changing what data is presented or how it’s processed. Thereby it forms a crucial link in the chain of converting raw data to actionable insights which is one of the primary roles of a Data Analyst. |
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- [@article@What is Data Visualization?](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/data-visualization) |
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# Deep Learning and Data Analysis |
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Deep learning, a subset of machine learning technique, is increasingly becoming a critical tool for data analysts. Deep learning algorithms utilize multiple layers of neural networks to understand and interpret intricate structures in large data, a skill that is integral to the daily functions of a data analyst. With the ability to learn from unstructured or unlabeled data, deep learning opens a whole new range of possibilities for data analysts in terms of data processing, prediction, and categorization. It has applications in a variety of industries from healthcare to finance to e-commerce and beyond. A deeper understanding of deep learning methodologies can augment a data analyst's capability to evaluate and interpret complex datasets and provide valuable insights for decision making. |
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Deep learning, a subset of machine learning technique, is increasingly becoming a critical tool for data analysts. Deep learning algorithms utilize multiple layers of neural networks to understand and interpret intricate structures in large data, a skill that is integral to the daily functions of a data analyst. With the ability to learn from unstructured or unlabeled data, deep learning opens a whole new range of possibilities for data analysts in terms of data processing, prediction, and categorization. It has applications in a variety of industries from healthcare to finance to e-commerce and beyond. A deeper understanding of deep learning methodologies can augment a data analyst's capability to evaluate and interpret complex datasets and provide valuable insights for decision making. |
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- [@article@Deep Learning for Data Analysis](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/deep-learning) |
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# ggplot2 |
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When it comes to data visualization in R programming, ggplot2 stands tall as one of the primary tools for data analysts. This data visualization library, which forms part of the tidyverse suite of packages, facilitates the creation of complex and sophisticated visual narratives. With its grammar of graphics philosophy, ggplot2 enables analysts to build graphs and charts layer by layer, thereby offering detailed control over graphical features and design. Its versatility in creating tailored and aesthetically pleasing graphics is a vital asset for any data analyst tackling exploratory data analysis, reporting, or dashboard building. |
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- [@article@ggplot2 website](https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/) |
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- [@official@ggplot2](https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/) |
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- [@video@Make beautiful graphs in R](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnw1xDnt_Ec) |
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# Hadoop |
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Hadoop is a critical element in the realm of data processing frameworks, offering an effective solution for storing, managing, and analyzing massive amounts of data. Unraveling meaningful insights from a large deluge of data is a challenging pursuit faced by many data analysts. Regular data processing tools fail to handle large-scale data, paving the way for advanced frameworks like Hadoop. This open-source platform by Apache Software Foundation excels at storing and processing vast data across clusters of computers. Notably, Hadoop comprises two key modules - the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) for storage and MapReduce for processing. Hadoop’s ability to handle both structured and unstructured data further broadens its capacity. For any data analyst, a thorough understanding of Hadoop can unlock powerful ways to manage data effectively and construct meaningful analytics. |
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- [@official@Apache Hadoop Website](https://hadoop.apache.org/) |
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- [@official@Apache Hadoop](https://hadoop.apache.org/) |
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- [@article@What Is Hadoop?](https://www.databricks.com/glossary/hadoop) |
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# Matplotlib |
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For a Data Analyst, understanding data and being able to represent it in a visually insightful form is a crucial part of effective decision-making in any organization. Matplotlib, a plotting library for the Python programming language, is an extremely useful tool for this purpose. It presents a versatile framework for generating line plots, scatter plots, histogram, bar charts and much more in a very straightforward manner. This library also allows for comprehensive customizations, offering a high level of control over the look and feel of the graphics it produces, which ultimately enhances the quality of data interpretation and communication. |
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- [@video@Learn Matplotlib in 6 minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzKy9GY12yo) |
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- [@article@Matplotlib Website](https://matplotlib.org/) |
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- [@official@Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/) |
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- [@video@Learn Matplotlib in 6 minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzKy9GY12yo) |
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# Pie Chart |
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# Pie Chart |
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As a data analyst, understanding and efficiently using various forms of data visualization is crucial. Among these, Pie Charts represent a significant tool. Essentially, pie charts are circular statistical graphics divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportions. Each slice of the pie corresponds to a particular category. The pie chart's beauty lies in its simplicity and visual appeal, making it an effective way to convey relative proportions or percentages at a glance. For a data analyst, it's particularly useful when you want to show a simple distribution of categorical data. Like any tool, though, it's important to use pie charts wisely—ideally, when your data set has fewer than seven categories, and the proportions between categories are distinct. |
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- [@video@What is a a pie chart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjJdZaQrItg) |
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- [@article@A complete guide to pie charts](https://www.atlassian.com/data/charts/pie-chart-complete-guide) |
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- [@video@What is a Pie Chart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjJdZaQrItg) |
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- [@article@A Complete Guide to Pie Charts](https://www.atlassian.com/data/charts/pie-chart-complete-guide) |
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# Introduction to Data Analytics |
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Data Analytics is a core component of a Data Analyst's role. The field involves extracting meaningful insights from raw data to drive decision-making processes. It includes a wide range of techniques and disciplines ranging from the simple data compilation to advanced algorithms and statistical analysis. As a data analyst, you are expected to understand and interpret complex digital data, such as the usage statistics of a website, the sales figures of a company, or client engagement over social media, etc. This knowledge enables data analysts to support businesses in identifying trends, making informed decisions, predicting potential outcomes - hence playing a crucial role in shaping business strategies. |
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Data Analytics is a core component of a Data Analyst's role. The field involves extracting meaningful insights from raw data to drive decision-making processes. It includes a wide range of techniques and disciplines ranging from the simple data compilation to advanced algorithms and statistical analysis. As a data analyst, you are expected to understand and interpret complex digital data, such as the usage statistics of a website, the sales figures of a company, or client engagement over social media, etc. This knowledge enables data analysts to support businesses in identifying trends, making informed decisions, predicting potential outcomes - hence playing a crucial role in shaping business strategies. |
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- [@article@Introduction to Data Analytics](https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-data-analytics) |
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