What is Data Analysis?

Learning Data Analysis is becoming increasingly important in the modern world. So what is Data Analysis? Broadly speaking you can think of Data Analysis in several different ways:

• Making data more understandable – Summarising Data makes it easier to comprehend.
• Making decisions using data – Data Analysis can help you decide if there are “true” differences between samples, or if there are “real” relationships between variables.
• Spotting patterns – Some kinds of Data Analysis help you find patterns, clusters and groups that were not evident from the raw data. This topic can also be called Data Mining or Machine Learning.
• Predictions – Predictive Analysis can help “forecast”, where you use values in certain variables to “predict” the value of a variable of interest. This topic is sometimes called Supervised Machine Learning or Regression Modelling.
• Visualisation – Drawing pictures of your data can help in many ways, making data more understandable and helping visualise patterns and relationships in data.

All these ways of explaining what is Data Analysis are broadly under the topic of Data Science, which includes Data Management, Analysis, Visualisation and Interpretation.

Our Data Analysis Training Courses cover a range of topics in Data Science, so if you ask “what will I learn?”, the answer will of course vary! What you will learn are a range of skills covering various aspects of Data Science, such as:

• Learn data summary skills, which allow you to summarize data effectively.
• Learn data analysis skills, which allow you to make decisions using data.
• Learn data visualisation skills, which allow you to create professional-looking graphs and help you to make your work understandable to others.
• Learn data mining skills, which will allow you to explore data for patterns and relationships.
• Learn to use your spreadsheet (e.g. Excel) more effectively for a range of Data Science tasks.
• Learn to use R: The statistical Programming Language for Data Science.

So, what else will you learn? You will learn to appreciate data, to make sense of data, to present data to others, and to be able to “tell stories with data”.

We run Data Analysis Training Courses at UK-based training centres, at your own workplace, or online. Courses are run at various times throughout the year, see the Upcoming Courses for more specific information.

Our main training centre is at 107, Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN. This is right in the heart of London and is close to Bank and St. Paul’s underground stations.

We can also undertake your training at your workplace; contact us for more details.

We also offer online training courses, using web conferencing software. The online system is easy to use and makes an ideal solution if you are unavailable for face to face training.

We have been exploring data for over 20 years. In that time, we’ve run training courses in data analysis, data workshops and consulting services for a wide variety of organisations, including: universities, businesses, corporations, government departments, students and other individuals. We also have experience of online teaching, in both university and business settings.

Our clients cover a range of disciplines, including: ecology and environmental science, psychology and social science, finance and investment, insurance, local government, and many more.

We don’t just run training courses; at Data Analytics we’ve produced a number of published works, scientific research papers and textbooks on various aspects of Data Science.

We’ve been helping people to understand data for a long time. Choose Us and start to understand your data.