Best FREE Data Analysis Resources For Beginners

The Data Analysis field is one that has grown over time. With lots of people finding their paths and planting their feets in this field, there is a need for more resources and quality learning materials to be made available.

I have put together this article to help every data analyst, especially beginners get access to the best free learning contents. This article will cover courses in Maths & Statistics, Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, SQL, Python and R.

1. MATHS & STATISTICS
• Beginner courses:
YouTube-
- What is statistics?... https://youtu.be/E4_5WEsN0fA
- Types of data in statistics... https://youtu.be/5rUH96R53mw
- How much maths do you need for data analysis?... https://youtu.be/3BL9J7GglZo

Want to see more statistics videos? Check out 'My learning space by Abefe' on YouTube

Courses-
- The fundamentals of statistics.. https://alison.com/course/the-fundamentals-of-statistics
- Statistics for data science... https://www.mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/statistics-for-data-science2
- Intro to statistics... https://www.udacity.com/course/statistics--st095

2. EXCEL
• YouTube-
- Excel tutorial for data analysts... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUaB-1hjhk8Hyd5NiPQ9CND82vNodlFF5
- Excel data analytics full course... https://youtu.be/OOWAk2aLEfk
- Excel from beginner to advanced... https://youtu.be/8dyfOBOeHDY

• Courses-
- Excel tutorial... https://www.w3schools.com/excel/excel_introduction.php
- Microsoft excel formulas and functions... https://alison.com/course/microsoft-excel-formulas-and-functions
- Free excel training... https://trumpexcel.com/learn-excel/
- Data analysis in excel... https://www.datacamp.com/courses/data-analysis-in-excel

3. SQL
• YouTube-
- SQL for beginners... https://youtu.be/h0nxCDiD-zg
- SQL tutorial... https://youtu.be/HXV3zeQKqGY
- SQL tutorial for beginners... https://www.youtube.com/live/Pjn4P39310g?feature=share

• Courses-
- Introduction to SQL... https://sqlbolt.com/
- Learn SQL (with projects)... https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-sql
- SQL for data analysis... https://www.udacity.com/course/sql-for-data-analysis--ud198

4. POWER-BI
• YouTube-
- How to use Microsoft PowerBI... https://youtu.be/TmhQCQr_DCA
- PowerBI tutorial for beginners... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUaB-1hjhk8HqnmK0gQhfmIdCbxwoAoys
- PowerBI full course... https://youtu.be/3u7MQz1EyPY

• Courses-
- Microsoft learn PowerBI collection... https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/browse/?terms=Pl%20300&roles=data-analyst
- Data visualization with PowerBI... https://www.mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/data-visualization-with-power-bi

5. TABLEAU
• YouTube-
- Tableau full course... https://youtu.be/aHaOIvR00So
- Tableau full course... https://www.youtube.com/live/f6-qBEDnarM?feature=share
- Tableau tutorials for beginners... https://youtu.be/6xv1KvCMF1Q

• Courses-
Tableau software... https://alison.com/course/tableau-software
- Tableau for beginners... https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2017/07/data-visualisation-made-easy/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=learning-path-tableau-expert
- Learn Tableau for data visualization... https://www.codecademy.com/learn/bi-dashboards-with-tableau

Recommendation: take one resource (course) at a time

Check out https://youtube.com/@DataChallengeSpace, there are free lectures on Excel, PowerBI and other Data Analysis concepts that will support your learning.

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