Lifecycle of a Data Analytics Project

Participants experience a data analysis process from initial data gathering to generation of insights and visualisation of outputs.

At each stage in the process participants will engage with real datasets and tools to facilitate the relevant tasks. For this they will need to use a Python environment but – and we would like to stress this – in no way is this a Python programming course.

Participants will make calls to pre-packaged Python code and, at most, tweak some parameters to get the desired output. That said, source code will be available for review to those who may be interested in taking their Python journey independently of this programme.

Suitability

This course is for both for trainee data analysts and those working with DS teams. A grounding in Python fundamentals is helpful.

Learning Outcomes

Describe and implement a simple analytics project from start to finish from experience. This consists of:

data management
data visualisation
data preparation
data analysis and modelling
using data-driven insights to make meaningful business decisions

Course Content

Formulating the problem statement: What are we trying to discover?
The use case will centre on stocks in an index
Where data about those stocks (price, volatility, et al) is sufficient (or not)
Broad-brush statistical overview of the dataset
Traditionally, stocks are clustered by sector – what if there are other, more useful ways of clustering them?
Data preparation: finding and eliminating null values (we will use a – predefined dataset with deliberate ‘errors’)
Data analysis: basic statistical outputs percentiles, standard deviations, min/ max/ mean, cluster analysis
Data Visualisation: Charting the cluster analysis
Data Storytelling: Interpreting the output and using it as the basis for meaningful business decision-making

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