CompTIA Data+, validates the data analytics skills and talent organizations need to fuel innovation. Compared to other professional certificates and certifications, CompTIA Data+ is the only entry-level, vendor-neutral, hands-on analytics certification on the market. It proves a candidate's ability to not only analyze and report on complex datasets, but also adhere to oversight and data quality.
Learning Objectives
- Boost your knowledge in identifying basic concepts of data schemas and dimensions while understanding the difference between common data structures and file formats.
- Learn how to translate business requirements to create the appropriate visualization in the form of a report or dashboard with the proper design components.
- Grow your skills to explain data acquisition concepts, reasons for cleansing and profiling datasets, executing data manipulation, and understanding techniques for data manipulation.
- Increase your ability to summarize important data governance concepts and apply data quality control concepts.
- Gain the ability to apply the appropriate descriptive statistical methods and summarize types of analysis and critical analysis techniques.
Prerequisite Skills
- CompTIA recommends 18–24 months of experience in a report/business analyst job role, exposure to databases and analytical tools, a basic understanding of statistics, and data visualization experience.