Certification Overview
The Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, offered via Coursera, is a beginner-level program that helps you build the foundational skills required to become a job-ready data analyst in under 6 months. You’ll learn how to clean, analyze, and visualize data using tools like SQL, Excel, Tableau, and R.
This certification is designed by Google employees with industry expertise, and it’s part of the Google Career Certificate program, which is highly regarded by top employers.
Who It’s For
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Absolute beginners with no prior experience in data or coding
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College students or graduates entering the data field
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Professionals in non-technical roles (HR, marketing, sales) transitioning into analytics
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Anyone seeking to start a career as a Data Analyst, BI Analyst, or Operations Analyst
What You’ll Learn (Key Topics)
The program includes 8 courses:
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Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere
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Understanding data analytics and the data life cycle
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Introduction to data-driven decision making
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Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions
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Problem solving, stakeholder communication
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Data questioning techniques and project scoping
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Prepare Data for Exploration
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Data types, sources, and formats
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Data collection methods and data integrity
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Process Data from Dirty to Clean
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Data cleaning techniques using spreadsheets and SQL
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Handling outliers, nulls, and inconsistencies
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Analyze Data to Answer Questions
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Aggregations, calculations, and logic with spreadsheets and SQL
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Data transformation and summary statistics
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Share Data Through the Art of Visualization
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Data visualization principles and best practices
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Build dashboards using Tableau
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Data Analysis with R Programming
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Basic R programming for data cleaning and analysis
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Using RStudio, tidyverse, ggplot2
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Capstone Project: Complete a Case Study
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Apply the full data analysis process
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Clean, analyze, visualize and present insights from real datasets
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Tools & Platforms Covered
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Spreadsheets (Google Sheets, Excel)
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SQL (via BigQuery or SQLite)
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Tableau (for dashboarding)
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R and RStudio
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Google Data Studio (optional)
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 2 Lessons
- 5 Weeks
