Archive for September 2021
The Importance of Defining the Skills of a Data Analyst
The Importance of Defining the Skills of a Data Analyst September 21, 2021 – What are the domains of the data analyst? Analysts have to understand databases and types of databases. They must know how to manipulate data, join and validate data. They need to understand some of the basic statistics and aggregate functions. They…
Read MoreDFU: Tools Agnosticism
***For best viewing experience log in to LinkedIn*** September 16, 2021 – In this episode we took a look at how people use (and don’t use!) tools and how data professionals adapt to changing situations. There’s also some great talk about how we navigate finding which tools are right for which tasks. On Data Fundamentals…
Read MoreDefining a data analyst has traditionally been hard… until now
Defining a data analyst has traditionally been hard… until now One of my greatest challenges over the last several years is to create a practical definition of what a data analyst is. I believe the reason for this is because in every organization they are defined differently, they don’t have a consistent title across all…
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