Data Analyst Syllabus

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UIIC Data Analytical

Specialist 2024

Study Plan
UIIC Data Analytical Specialist 2024 - Study Plan

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UIIC Data Analytical Specialist 2024 - Study Plan

Syllabus

Main Topic Subtopics


1. Data Analyst - Understanding the Role of a Data Analyst: Responsibilities, skills required, and
Process how analysts fit into organizational goals.
- Steps in the Data Analysis Process: Collection, cleaning, exploration,
modeling, and interpretation.
- Identifying Business Problems: Defining objectives, KPIs, and metrics.
- Data Wrangling: Handling and organizing data from raw formats.
- Presenting Data-Driven Insights: Techniques for effective data storytelling,
reports, and dashboards.
2. Application of - Industry Applications: Data analysis in finance (risk modeling, credit scoring),
Data Analysis healthcare (patient care improvement, diagnosis), marketing (customer
segmentation, A/B testing), and operations (supply chain optimization).
- Predictive Analysis: Using data to forecast future trends and outcomes.
- Trend Analysis & Forecasting: Identifying patterns in historical data to predict
future trends.
- Risk Management & Fraud Detection: Leveraging data for risk analysis and
fraud prevention.
- Customer Behavior & Segmentation: Analyzing customer data to identify
buying patterns and segment customers.
3. Data - Types of Data: Difference between qualitative vs. quantitative, continuous vs.
Definitions categorical data.
(Available by 16 - Data Formats: Understanding structured, unstructured (text, videos), and semi-
Nov) structured (JSON, XML) data.
- Key Concepts: Variables (dependent, independent), Data Points, Data Sets,
Samples, and Populations.
- Big Data vs. Traditional Data: What differentiates them and when to use which.
- Metadata: Definition, examples, and importance in data management (e.g., file
attributes, database schema).
4. Data - Data Collection Methods: Surveys, web scraping, APIs, databases, and their
Processing importance.
(Available by 16 - Data Cleaning: Techniques for handling missing data, duplicates, outliers, and
Nov) errors.
- Handling Inconsistent Data: Resolving inconsistencies and making data
uniform across datasets.
- Data Transformation: Normalization, standardization, encoding categorical data.
- Data Validation: Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of data before
analysis.

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- Data Storage: Common databases and data storage formats (SQL, NoSQL,
CSV, etc.).
5. Data Sampling - Importance of Sampling: Why sampling is used in data analysis, and how it
and Its Types reduces complexity.
(Available by 23 - Random vs. Non-Random Sampling: Differences between probability-based
Nov) and non-probability-based sampling techniques.
- Types of Sampling Techniques: Simple random sampling, stratified sampling,
cluster sampling, systematic sampling.
- Avoiding Bias: How bias can occur in sampling and strategies to minimize it.
- Sample Size Determination: Calculating the right sample size for meaningful
analysis and understanding sampling error.
6. Exploratory - Introduction to EDA: Importance and role of EDA in understanding data.
Data Analysis - Descriptive Statistics: Measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode),
(EDA) measures of dispersion (variance, standard deviation).
(Available by 23 - Data Visualization: Importance and tools for visualization (Matplotlib, Seaborn,
Nov) Power BI, Tableau). Creating histograms, box plots, scatter plots, and bar charts.
- Identifying Patterns: Correlations, trends, and outliers using visual and
statistical methods.
- Hypothesis Testing: Concepts of null and alternative hypotheses, t-tests, p-
values, and confidence intervals.
7. Time Series - Understanding Time Series: Components of time series data – trend,
Data Analysis seasonality, and residuals.
(Available by 30 - Forecasting Methods: Moving averages, ARIMA (AutoRegressive Integrated
Nov) Moving Average), exponential smoothing techniques.
- Decomposition of Time Series: Breaking time series data into trend, seasonal,
and irregular components.
- Autocorrelation and Stationarity: Testing for and ensuring data stationarity
(Dickey-Fuller test) for effective modeling.
- Applications of Time Series Analysis: Stock price prediction, demand
forecasting, and weather forecasting.
8. Data Analysis - Excel for Data Analysis: Basics of pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data visualization
Tools (charts, graphs).
(Available by 30 - SQL for Database Queries: Basics of SQL querying, joins, aggregate functions,
Nov) and subqueries.
- Python for Data Analysis: Libraries such as pandas for data manipulation,
NumPy for numerical data, Matplotlib and Seaborn for visualization.
- R for Statistical Analysis: Using R for advanced statistical operations and
creating visualizations.
- Business Intelligence Tools: Overview of Power BI, Tableau for building
interactive dashboards and visual reports.

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UIIC Data Analytical Specialist 2024 - Study Plan

Study Plan

Week/ Quantitative English General Computer Professional


Subject Aptitude Reasoning Language Awareness Knowledge Knowledge

Introduction to
Quadratic Blood Relations +
BeePedia (July) Computer &
Equation + Directions Rules of
+ Union Budget & Strategy Data Analyst
Number distance + Grammar
Economic Survey + History and Process +
Series Practice Puzzles
Generations of Application of
Week 1 Computer Data Analysis
Vocabulary +
Ratio & Coding Decoding Homophones + Components of
BeePedia (Aug) +
Proportion+ + Coded Homonyms + Computer + Input
Economic and
Percentage + Inequalities + Roots words + and Output Devices Data Definitions +
Banking and
DI Practice Puzzles correct word Data
Finance CA
Week 2 usage Preprocessing
Profit & Loss Error Detection BeePedia (Sept) Data Sampling
Syllogisms +
Average All patterns + + Economic and Computer Hardware and its types +
Seating
Partnership + Sentence Banking and + Software + Exploratory Data
Arrangement
Week 3 DI Improvement Finance CA Computer Memory Analysis
Cloze Passage
Age Input Output + BeePedia (Oct) +
+ Match the MS Office
Alligation Ranking + Economic and
columns + Time Series Data
Time & Practice Seating Banking and
Sentence Analysis + Data
Distance Arrangements Finance CA
Week 4 Rearrangement Analysis Tools
Simple &
Compound Analytical BeePedia (Nov) + Computer Network+
Interest Reasoning + Comprehension Economic and Computer Security +
Boat & Practice Banking and Operating system
Week 5 Stream Finance CA Revision
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