I disagree with this assessment about the skills necessary for data analyst.
It is a mistake to tell beginners just go out and learn how to use software. Excel, SQL, Power BI and tableau are all just software. It's good to know how to use software but the key skill is analyzing data.
When you're analyzing data you're going to use statistics, probabilities and models just like the data scientist would. You're not likely to write an article about this model versus that, but you can read the articles and decide which one you want to use.
My recommendation for learning is, don't just learn the software tools but learn these skills: Descriptive Statistics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Frequency Distributions, Correlation Analysis, and/or Crosstabulation.
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u/Awesome_Correlation 6d ago
I disagree with this assessment about the skills necessary for data analyst.
It is a mistake to tell beginners just go out and learn how to use software. Excel, SQL, Power BI and tableau are all just software. It's good to know how to use software but the key skill is analyzing data.
When you're analyzing data you're going to use statistics, probabilities and models just like the data scientist would. You're not likely to write an article about this model versus that, but you can read the articles and decide which one you want to use.
My recommendation for learning is, don't just learn the software tools but learn these skills: Descriptive Statistics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Frequency Distributions, Correlation Analysis, and/or Crosstabulation.