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Data Skills for Business

Updated 03/2026
Learn core data concepts, understand how to answer real-world questions using data, and become a more confident data-driven decision-maker.
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Data Skills for Business

Learn core data concepts, understand how to answer real-world questions using data, and become a more confident data-driven decision-maker within your organization. As data becomes the world’s most valuable commodity, it’s never been more important to be able to understand and clearly communicate data concepts with your analytics teams. This track will help you sharpen your data skills and identify when data can be used to solve business challenges. You’ll learn indispensable data terminology, tools, and questions that you can ask to communicate more effectively with your team. By the end of this track, you will be a more informed, critical, and data-driven decision-maker.

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FAQs

Is this Track suitable for beginners?

Yes, the course is suitable for beginners as it provides an introduction to core data concepts and tools, and provides the foundational knowledge to work with data and become a more confident data-driven decision-maker within your organization.

What is the programming language of this Track?

Theory. This track will help you sharpen your data skills and identify when data can be used to solve business challenges. You'll learn indispensable data terminology, tools, and questions that can help you better communicate with your team.

Which jobs will benefit from this Track?

This track can help those in a variety of different roles such as data analysts, data scientists, and business decision-makers benefit from this track. In addition to helping current data professionals, the course can help individuals who are transitioning to data roles or seeking more data-driven decision making capabilities.

How will this Track prepare me for my career?

By the end of this track, you will be a more informed, critical, and data-driven decision-maker. The track will help you build an understanding of core data concepts and tools, and teach you essential data terminology. This will help you better communicate with your team to provide more data-driven solutions to real-world business problems.

How long does it take to complete this Track?

This Track usually takes 16 hours to complete as it consists of several courses that significantly upskill users. However, the courses are self-paced, so users can spend as long or as little time as they like working through exercises and courses.

What's the difference between a skill track and a career track?

A skill track is focused on learning just the specific skills needed to perform a job. A career track provides an in-depth overview of a job field and teaches additional courses to help you reach the next level in that field.

What topics does this Track cover?

This Track covers core data concepts, applying data to answer real-world questions, an introduction to statistics in spreadsheets, understanding Python, machine learning, and AI to help you better lead your team.

What tools will I learn in this Track?

In this Track, you'll learn how to use spreadsheets, Python, machine learning, and AI to answer business questions and better inform your decisions. You'll also gain an understanding of essential data terminology, and be familiar with tools that can help you communicate more effectively with your team.

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