Lesson 1: Data Basics

• Skill 1.1: Define the concept of data.


• Define data and information.


• Differentiate between data and information.  Define statistics and its relation to data.


• Skill 1.2: Describe basic data variable types.


• Define variables.


• Identify different data types.  Define type checking.


• Skill 1.3: Describe basic structures used in data analytics.


• Define tables.


• Define arrays.  Define lists.


• Skill 1.4: Describe data categories.


• Differentiate between structured and unstructured data.  Identify and use different types of data.

Lesson 2: Data Manipulation

• Skill 2.1: Import, store, and export data.


• Describe ETL processing.


• Perform ETL with relational data.


• Perform ETL with data stored in delimited files.  Perform ETL with data stored in XML files.


• Perform ETL with data stored in JSON files.


• Skill 2.2: Clean data.


• Perform data cleaning common practices.  Perform truncation.


• Describe data validation.


• Skill 2.3: Organize data.


• Describe data organization.


• Perform sorting.


• Perform filtering.


• Perform appending and slicing.  Perform pivoting.


• Perform transposition.


• Skill 2.4: Aggregate data.


• Describe the aggregation function.


• Use aggregation functions like COUNT, SUM, MIN, MAX, and AVG in SQL.  Use GROUP BY and HAVING in SQL.

Lesson 3: Data Analysis

• Skill 3.1: Describe and differentiate between types of data analysis.


• Perform descriptive analysis.


• Perform diagnostic analysis.


• Perform predictive analysis.


• Perform prescriptive analysis.  Perform hypothesis testing.


• Skill 3.2: Describe and differentiate between data aggregation and interpretation metrics.


• Define data aggregation and data interpretation.  Define data interpretation.


• Describe data aggregation and interpretation metrics.


• Skill 3.3: Describe and differentiate between exploratory data analysis methods.


• Find relationships in a dataset.  Identify outliers in a dataset.


• Drill a dataset.


• Mine a dataset.


• Skill 3.4: Evaluate and explain the results of data analyses.


• Perform a simple linear regression.


• Interpret the results of a simple linear regression.  Use regression analysis for prediction.


• Skill 3.5: Define and describe the role of artificial intelligence in data analysis.


• Define artificial intelligence, algorithm, machine learning, and deep learning.


• Discuss how machine learning algorithms help in data analysis.


• Discuss how artificial intelligence algorithms work in data analysis.

Lesson 4: Data Visualization and Communication

• Skill 4.1: Report data.


• Use tables and charts to display information.  Disaggregate data.


• Skill 4.2a and 4.3a: Create and derive conclusions from visualizations that compare one or more categories of data.


• Use different types of charts:  Column chart.  Bar chart.


• Skill 4.2b and 4.3b: Create and derive conclusions from visualizations that show how individual parts make up the whole.


• Differentiate between the following types of graphical representations:  Pie Chart.


• Donut Chart.


• Other variations on bar and column charts such as stacked bar and column charts.


• Skill 4.2c and 4.3c: Create and derive conclusions from visualizations that analyze trends.


• Use different types of visualization:


• Line chart and variants of the line chart.  Waterfall chart.


• Sankey Diagram.


• Skill 4.2d and 4.3d: Create and derive conclusions from visualizations that determine the distribution of data.


• Use different types of visualizations:  Histograms.


• Box and Whisker plot.


• Skill 4.2e and 4.3e: Create and derive conclusions from visualizations that analyze the relationship between sets of values.


• Use different types of visualizations:


• Scatter plot.


• Bubble chart.

Lesson 5: Responsible Analytics Practice

• Skill 5.1: Describe data privacy laws and best practices:  Describe the fair information practice principles.


• Understand data privacy laws in the US.


• Understand data privacy laws in Canada.  Understand data privacy laws in the EU.


• Skill 5.2: Describe best practices for responsible data handling:  Handle PII, secure data, and protect anonymity within small datasets.  Balance the trade-off between interpretability and accuracy.  Generalize from a sample to a population.


• Skill 5.3: Given a scenario, describe the types of bias that affect the collection and interpretation of data.


• Explain and identify different types of bias that affect the gathering of data.

Additional course details:

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FAQ for the ITS Data Analytics Course

Available Delivery Options for the ITS Data Analytics training.

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What certification does the ITS Data Analytics training prepare you for?

The ITS Data Analytics training course helps prepare you for the ITS Data Analytics certification path.

How many CPD hours does the ITS Data Analytics training provide?

The 3 day. ITS Data Analytics training course give you up to 18 CPD hours/structured learning hours. If you need a letter or certificate in a particular format for your association, organisation or professional body please just ask.

What is the correct audience for the ITS Data Analytics training?

This course is designed to equip learners €” interns, apprentices, and entry-level data analysts with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to perform entry-level data manipulation, analysis, bvisualization, and communication. With the Data Analytics certificate, you could be considered for positions such as entry-level data analysts or researchers, data analytics apprentices or interns,operations research interns, market researchers, and business analysts.

Do you provide training for the ITS Data Analytics.

Yes we provide corporate training, dedicated training and closed classes for the ITS Data Analytics. This can take place anywhere in UK including, England, Scotland, Cymru (Wales) or Northern Ireland or live online allowing you to have your teams from across UK or further afield to attend a single training event saving travel and delivery expenses.

What is the duration of the ITS Data Analytics program.

The ITS Data Analytics training takes place over 3 day(s), with each day lasting approximately 8 hours including small and lunch breaks to ensure that the delegates get the most out of the day.

Why are Nexus Human the best provider for the ITS Data Analytics?

Nexus Human are recognised as one of the best training companies as they and their trainers have won and hold many awards and titles including having previously won the Small Firms Best Trainer award, national training partner of the year for UK on multiple occasions, having trainers in the global top 30 instructor awards in 2012, 2019 and 2021. Nexus Human has also been nominated for the Tech Excellence awards multiple times. Learning Performance institute (LPI) external training provider sponsor 2024.

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