Data Analyst
Explore how data analysts organise information, investigate questions and communicate evidence for decisions.
Roles vary across organisations and change over time. Use this profile to identify questions, then investigate current role and course information.
What does this career involve?
Common kinds of work to investigate when learning about this area.
Work you might explore
- Clarifying the question a team needs to answer
- Cleaning, combining and checking datasets
- Finding patterns with queries, statistics and visualisations
- Explaining conclusions, uncertainty and data limitations
What skills can help?
- Spreadsheet and SQL skills
- Data visualisation
- Statistical reasoning
- Communication with evidence
Courses to explore
These are possible learning routes, not fixed requirements. Course content and entry conditions vary.
Projects students can try
Small projects can help you test your interest and practise the work behind this career.
Create a dashboard for a student club
Investigate survey results and document limitations
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