This document outlines an agenda for a webinar on mastering data visualization techniques and tools for business analysis careers. The webinar will cover how data analytics is an important BA skill, common data visualization techniques like bar charts and line charts, tools for data visualization like Excel and Tableau, and principles of effective data visualization like keeping the audience and purpose in mind. It also includes polls, examples of practical data visualizations, and information on how Adaptive US training programs can help attendees pursue careers in data analytics.
5. Here is a pop-quiz
Data Analytics vs. Data Analysis
A) They are synonyms
B) Data Analytics includes Data Analysis
C) Data Analysis includes Data Analytics
D) They have nothing in common
10. Data Visualization Principles
• Keep purpose in mind
• Keep audience in mind
• Use the right chart type
• Use colors wisely
• Highlight the most
important information
• Avoid clutter
13. Data analytics is a process
Understand the business case
Build a measurement plan
Collect & prepare the data
Understand the data
Analyze & visualize the data
Develop data-driven insights
Measure, test & optimize
22. Here is a pop-quiz
Which data visualization tools
do you know or use?
23. Data Visualization Tools
• Excel
• Tableau
• Power BI
• QlikView
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Good old
Excel is still
going
strong!
24. • Spreadsheets have been around for a long
time!
• Current estimates say there are probably
more than 750 MILLION Excel users
• It is not unreasonable to assume that most
BAs have experience with Excel (or another
spreadsheet)
24
Excel
25. • Import data
– From text
– Power Query
– Other sources (e.g., databases, files)
• Summarize (and explore) data
• Visualize data
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Excel – What can we do with it?
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