Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Data Exploration and Visualization from SAS Professional Training Institute

Start your data learning journey today. Build the knowledge and skills to explore and initiate data in your professional and daily life.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Communication skills
  • Troubleshooting
  • Time management
  • Teamwork
  • Critical thinking
  • Leadership skills
  • Creative approach
  • Strategic planning
  • Negotiation skills
  • Data analysis ability

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Data Analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • Business Intelligence Analyst
  • Data Visualization Specialist
  • Data Engineer
  • Research Analyst
  • Statistical Analyst
  • Data Consultant

Internship – a four-part course series

This specialization provides an introduction to data science and helps learners develop practical skills to explore and visualize data. Using real-life applications, the specialization begins by building a basic understanding of data and teaches learners how to prepare, explore, analyze, visualize, and communicate with data. New to data analytics? This specialization is for you, with an emphasis on practical understanding and avoidance of complicated statistical language.

Hands-on Learning Project

With the SAS Data Literacy: Exploring and Visualizing Data specialization, you gain access to hands-on projects embedded throughout the course. Examples of projects include:

  • Visual analysis methodology
  • Data preparation using SAS Data Studio
  • Data analysis using SAS Visual Analytics
  • Design reports with SAS Visual Analytics

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Data Analysis Basics – Course 1 • 1 hour

Course Details

What you’ll learn

In this course, you will learn the foundational knowledge and skills needed to engage with data in meaningful ways. This is an introductory course to content data, starting with the basics: what data is, what the concept of “knowledge data” means, and why it matters in today’s world. You will build skills in working with data by following three characters: a concerned parent, a small business owner, and a public health expert, all of whom rely on data to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • See the usefulness of the data and examine its reliability
  • Discover meaning in data by looking for patterns and trends
  • Use data insights to make informed decisions
  • Pass these insights on to others.
  • Understand how data bias affects your work with data

If you are new to data analysis, this course is for you. The course focuses on practical understanding while avoiding complicated statistical terminology to help you feel supported and encouraged throughout the process. Anyone can succeed in this course, no matter their background.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Data Story
  • Data Story
  • Category: Data Literacy
  • Data knowledge

Applying Data Knowledge – Course 2 • 1 hour

Course Details

What you’ll learn

In this course, you will learn practical skills for exploring and visualizing data. Follow a small business owner’s data science journey to improve company performance to gain skills in preparing data, performing analysis, and sharing insights through data visualizations.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Prepare data and perform exploratory analysis
  • Explore relationships in data using visualizations
  • Communicate the findings

If you are new to data analysis, this course is for you. The course focuses on practical understanding while avoiding complicated statistical terminology to help you feel supported and encouraged throughout the process. Anyone can succeed in this course, no matter their background.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Data Story
  • Data Story
  • Category: Data Literacy
  • Data knowledge

Get Started with SAS Visual Analytics – Course 3 • 5 hours • 4.7 (863 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn

In this course, you will learn more about SAS Visual Analytics and the SAS Viya platform, how to access and explore data in SAS Visual Analytics, and how to prepare data for analysis using SAS Data Studio.

Data Analysis and Reporting in SAS Visual Analytics – Course 4 • 8 hours • 4.8 (353 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn

In this course, you will learn how to use SAS Visual Analytics on SAS Viya to transform data for analysis, perform data exploration and analysis, and create interactive reports.