What this course is about

Data Fundamentals is an entry-level course that helps you understand what data is, how it’s collected, and how it’s used in real work.

As you complete the course, you’ll also earn relevant certificates and credentials that you can add to your resume, LinkedIn profile, and Credly account to showcase your skills.

You’ll learn how to

• Tell different types of data apart
• Check whether data is trustworthy and complete
• Organize and prepare data so it’s ready for analysis

You’ll also get introduced to common data tools and basic methods so you can start doing simple analysis on your own or prepare for more advanced data or analytics courses later.

What you will learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• Understand core data concepts
• Types of data
• Data quality and common data problems
• Big data, analytics techniques, and the typical steps in a data analytics process
• Basics of data visualization
• Work with real-world data
• Clean and prepare raw data
• Spot data issues that could affect decisions
• Apply simple, practical steps to organize and structure data
• Understand how data science is used
• Describe how data science is applied across different industries

Identify widely used data science methodologies and the main activities in a typical data science project

• Explore data careers
• Recognize the roles, day-to-day work, and skills of data analysts and data scientists
• Find learning paths and resources to keep building your skills

Showcase your learning

• Earn relevant certificates and credentials

Add them to your resume, LinkedIn profile, and Credly account to signal your skills to employers