2 Getting Started

The field of data analytics is fast-paced, ever-evolving, and often intimidating to newcomers, but learning how to leverage data analytics is a critical skill that can enrich your life in so many ways. Not only can it dramatically increase your marketability and financial security, as many companies compete to hire and retain talent in these positions, but your work can lead to real policy changes that can positively impact the world. For example, data analytics has been used to improve water quality, aid in natural disaster response, protect endangered species, fight human trafficking, detect fraud, track the spread of disease, and combat homelessness and food insecurity. To learn more about how analytics can help humanity, ...

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