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How to annoy a data analyst in 2024:


☑ Assume the analysis you're asking is "just a quick SQL thing."
☑ Ask to "tweak" a finished dashboard. It's never just a small change.
☑ Question why the numbers in their carefully crafted dashboard don't match your hastily pulled spreadsheet.
☑ Assume all data is clean, structured, and readily available. Spoiler: it's not.
☑ After receiving a detailed, interactive dashboard, ask, "Can I just get this as a printable PDF?" 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️

Don't make this mistake as a beginner data analyst:

Not learning SQL

There's a reason it's been around for 40+ years.

Get started with:

- SQL basics (syntax + structure)
- Data Manipulation (JOINs, GROUP BY etc)
- Aggregation Functions (SUM, AVG etc)

Data Analyst: Analyzes data to provide insights and reports for decision-making.

Data Scientist: Builds models to predict outcomes and uncover deeper insights from data.

Data Engineer: Creates and maintains the systems that store and process data.

🚀Roadmap to Becoming a Data Analyst🚀

Start your journey with these key steps:-

1️⃣ SQL: Master querying and managing data from databases.
2️⃣ Python: Use Python for data manipulation and automation.
3️⃣ Visualization: Present data using Matplotlib/Seaborn.
4️⃣ Excel: Handle data and create quick insights.
5️⃣ Power BI/Tableau: Build interactive dashboards.
6️⃣ Statistics: Understand key concepts for data interpretation.
7️⃣ Data Analytics: Apply everything in real-world projects!

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How Data Analytics Helps to Grow Business to Best

Analytics are the analysis of raw data to draw meaningful insights from it. In other words, applying algorithms, statistical models, or even machine learning on large volumes of data will seek to discover patterns, trends, and correlations. In this way, the bottom line is to support businesses in making much more informed, data-driven decisions.

In simple words, think about running a retail store. You’ve got years of sales data, customer feedback, and inventory reports. However, do you know which are the best-sellers or where you’re losing money? By applying data analytics, you would find out some hidden opportunities, adjust your strategies, and improve your business outcome accordingly.

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7/ Use metaphors or analogies to explain difficult concepts. Don't use professional jargon.

8/ Include both the big picture and the details—it appeals to different stakeholders.

9/ Conclude with a call to action—what should they do next?

4/ Visualise trends over time to tell a story.

5/ Add context to your data—it makes your insights relevant.

6/ Speak the language of your audience—simplify complex terms.

9 secrets about Data Storytelling every analyst should know (number 6 is a must):

1/ Start with the end in mind—what’s the key takeaway?

2/ Don’t just present numbers—explain the 'so what' behind them.

3/ Data should drive decisions—frame your analysis as a solution to a problem.

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TOP CONCEPTS FOR INTERVIEW PREPARATION!!

🚀TOP 10 SQL Concepts for Job Interview

1. Aggregate Functions (SUM/AVG)
2. Group By and Order By
3. JOINs (Inner/Left/Right)
4. Union and Union All
5. Date and Time processing
6. String processing
7. Window Functions (Partition by)
8. Subquery
9. View and Index
10. Common Table Expression (CTE)


🚀TOP 10 Statistics Concepts for Job Interview

1. Sampling
2. Experiments (A/B tests)
3. Descriptive Statistics
4. p-value
5. Probability Distributions
6. t-test
7. ANOVA
8. Correlation
9. Linear Regression
10. Logistics Regression


🚀TOP 10 Python Concepts for Job Interview

1. Reading data from file/table
2. Writing data to file/table
3. Data Types
4. Function
5. Data Preprocessing (numpy/pandas)
6. Data Visualisation (Matplotlib/seaborn/bokeh)
7. Machine Learning (sklearn)
8. Deep Learning (Tensorflow/Keras/PyTorch)
9. Distributed Processing (PySpark)
10. Functional and Object Oriented Programming

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5️⃣ Python in Excel.

Microsoft is providing you with just what you need to scale beyond Excel limitations.

At first, you use Python in Excel because it's the easiest way to scale and tap into a vast amount of DIY data science goodness.

As 99% of the code you write for Python in Excel translates to any tool, you now have a path to move off of Excel if needed.

For example, Jupyter Notebooks and VS Code.

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4️⃣ SQL is your friend.

If you're unfamiliar, SQL is the language used to query databases.

After Microsoft Excel, SQL is the world's most commonly used data technology.

SQL is easily integrated into Excel, allowing you to leverage the power of the database server to acquire and wrangle data.

The results of all this goodness then show up in your workbook.

Also, SQL is straightforward for Excel users to learn.

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3️⃣ Microsoft Excel might be your hammer, but not every problem is a nail.

Please, please, please use Excel where it makes sense!

If you reach a point where Excel doesn't make sense, know that you can quickly move on to technologies that are better suited for your needs....

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2️⃣ Use Microsoft Excel for as long as possible.

Again, on the surface, strange advice from someone who loves SQL and Python.

When I first started learning data analysis, I ignored Microsoft Excel.

I was a coder, and I looked down on Excel.

I was 100% wrong.

Over the years, Excel has become an exceedingly powerful data analysis tool.

For many professionals, it can be all the analytical tooling they need.

For example, Excel is a wonderful tool for visually analyzing data (e.g., PivotCharts).

You can use Excel to conduct powerful Diagnostic Analytics.

The simple reality is that many professionals will never hit Excel's data limit - especially if they have a decent laptop.

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Don't waste your lot of time when learning data analysis.

Here's how you may start your Data analysis journey

1️⃣ - Avoid learning a programming language (e.g., SQL, R, or Python) for as long as possible.

This advice might seem strange coming from a former software engineer, so let me explain.

The vast majority of data analyses conducted each day worldwide are performed in the "solo analyst" scenario.

In this scenario, nobody cares about how the analysis was completed.

Only the results matter.

Also, the analysis methods (e.g., code) are rarely shared in this scenario.

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