After 3 months I have finally completed the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate. It was long journey but not necessarily a difficult one. The two biggest criticisms I have for the certificate is that felt too simple and basic coming from a mega-corporation like Google and the focus on R instead of python. A lot […]
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For my case study I chose to do “Which country is the best to do business in?” as the research question. Objective Phase:To analyze which countries would be the best to invest in and do business there using a multiple of different metrics complied into one score. These countries were limited to countries in the
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Unfortunately, I was unable to finish the case study this week as I said. Life got in the way and I couldn’t focus much attention on the project. I have finished collecting all the data necessary for project so it should be smooth sailing from here. All that is left to do is visualize the
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Managed to complete “Data analysis with R Programming” which only leaves the Capstone project. As I wrote before I going to do Python course to replace the R course. Python just suits my needs better and is more initiative to me. For my capstone project, I will probably base my case study on “What countries
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Spent this week learning how the basics of R and how to work with data in R. Nothing to really write about except the more I learn about R the less I want to use it beyond this course. Compared to Python, everything seems way more convoluted and obtuse for no reason. Trying to take
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This week I started “Data Analysis with R Programming” and I can already tell I will be sticking to learning Python from my first impression R. I have managed to complete two weeks of this course which very quickly introduced R and programming concepts. My concern that they would rush through teaching R was right.
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This week I managed to finish “Share Data Through the Art of Visualization” course but which after completing it feels a bit lacking. I felt like the course only went into the basic concepts of visualization but didn’t offer much in terms of practical learning or depth. The course only did the bare minimum of
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This week was another slow week as life got in the way once again. Spent this week learning about different types of data visualizations and how to create them in Tableau. Useful skill to learn as picking the right chart for the data makes it easier for the reader to understand. More important skill learned
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This week I didn’t manage to get much done as I usually do as life got in the way. I did manage to complete the first week of “Share Data Through the Art of Visualization.” The introduction was explaining data visualization in terms of art and design. How to make your visualization impactful, knowing the
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This week was difficult for me so far as I had to work through the toughest course so far in the program while working. “Analyze Data to Answer Questions” is the toughest course yet as it introduces a lot of difficult concepts. Advanced SQL concepts like joining tables, creating temporary tables, nested queries, and performing
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