This course teaches you the knowledge and skills required to transform business requirements in support of data-driven decisions by mining data, manipulating data, applying basic statistical methods, and analyzing complex data sets while adhering to governance and quality standards throughout the entire data lifecycle. In addition, this course will help prepare candidates to take the CompTIA Data+ certification exam.

This course may earn a Credly Badge. 

CompTIA Data+ validates that you have the skills required to facilitate data-driven business decisions, including:

• Mining data
• Manipulating data
• Visualizing and reporting data
• Applying basic statistical methods
• Analyzing complex datasets while adhering to governance and quality standards throughout the entire data life cycle

• Identifying Basic Concepts of Data Schemas
• Understanding Different Data Systems
• Understanding Types and Characteristics of Data
• Comparing and Contrasting Different Data Structures, Formats, and Markup Languages
• Explaining Data Integration and Collection Methods
• Identifying Common Reasons for Cleansing and Profiling Data
• Executing Different Data Manipulation Techniques
• Explaining Common Techniques for Data Manipulation and Optimization
• Applying Descriptive Statistical Methods
• Describing Key Analysis Techniques
• Understanding the Use of Different Statistical Methods
• Using the Appropriate Type of Visualization
• Expressing Business Requirements in a Report Format
• Designing Components for Reports and Dashboards
• Distinguishing Different Report Types
• Summarizing the Importance of Data Governance
• Applying Quality Control to Data
• Explaining Master Data Management Concepts

Data+ is an ideal certification for not only data-specific careers, but other career paths that can benefit from analytics processes and data analytics knowledge, such as marketing specialists, financial analysts, human resource analysts or clinical health care analysts. This course is suited for roles such as:

• Data Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Reporting Analyst
• Marketing Analyst
• Clinical Analyst
• Business Data Analyst
• Operations Analyst

Data+ is an ideal certification for not only data-specific careers, but other career paths that can benefit from analytics processes and data analytics knowledge, such as marketing specialists, financial analysts, human resource analysts or clinical health care analysts. This course is suited for roles such as:

• Data Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Reporting Analyst
• Marketing Analyst