Beginner's Guide to Data & Data Analytics, by SF Data School (Udemy.com)

Information technology has transformed so rapidly (even before AI) that I have been spinning my wheels. Where does one start? How does one deal with terminology let alone harness the benefits? The creators of this course, equally overwhelmed by it, worked through it all for themselves. One of their products is this excellent class. This does not require you to learn to write computer programs. Rather, you learn what the most frequently used programs are and how to employ them in ways relevant to your needs. The course developers break down information on data storage and formatting (ex, Excel). Then they instruct students about programs that process the data formats into usable results (charts, graphs, etc). Until I participated in a recent work project, I had no clue about the interoperability of Excel with other software. This class is exactly what I needed to learn how data storage and processing function. I highly recommend it.

I have to take it for work. I understand that some people may not understand the concepts but this is fairly universal knowledge.. I am sure things will pick up but at the moment, I wish I could have pretested and then covered the parts I do not know.

A helpful, well-presented introductory course in Data Analytics that helped me get a better grasp of roles working with data. It helped clarify different roles and gave insight into expectations of a beginner data analyst position.

Taking this Data course has been very useful. As a Finance Manager at SALGA Free State, it helps me analyze financial data more effectively, spot trends, and make better decisions. The course is a good match for me because it strengthens my data skills and supports my work in budgeting and financial planning.

This was a great course. The instructors made the topics engaging, easy to follow and understand. This course provides a good foundation from which to build from. I highly recommend this course and any others taught by these instructors!

The course structure was well-organized, starting from fundamental principles and gradually progressing to more advanced topics, which made it easy to follow even without a strong prior background.

Honestly, I don't see why it was mandated for me, but the information was very well presented. The speakers were engaging and using real world examples was always helpful. Even though it's a video you can rewind and replay, the pacing was good and I didn't have to keep rewinding because I missed something that went too fast or didn't hold my attention.

It was mostly a review of different types of data and uses of data that I was already aware of. It gave me a big picture of data sources, uses and career paths. It was worth my time to take the class.

Excellent overview and framework, especially for people who use and work with data and want to understand the broader context and map out a roadmap to go deeper and further in their capabilities.

At this point it is moving fairly quickly and not all information presented so far is sticking. Hopefully with additional instruction and scenarios the information will become more clear.

Amazing course

Nice introductory course on learning ways to modulate data into information......