Regardless of your industry or role, fluency in the language of data analytics will allow you to contribute to data driven decision making. This workshop will put you in the driver’s seat to understand, analyze, and interpret data so you too can join the data conversation.

In this hands-on introductory workshop, you’ll learn to ask the right questions of your data, while learning basic analytic functionality in Google Sheets. Your newfound data analytic skills will be applied to real-world datasets, allowing you to develop recommendations based on your findings.

Chart your own career path. Pick up where this workshop leaves off. Learn the fundamentals of data tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau in 10 weeks in our part-time Data Analytics course or online in our mentor-driven Data Analysis On Demand classes.

Takeaways

A fully-charged laptop is required for this workshop. Access to Google Sheets is also required. (If you do not have access, create a Google account.) Participants should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer, but no previous experience in data analysis or Google Sheets is required.

About the Instructor

Wee Kiang Yeo: Director, Smartease

Dr Yeo received his doctorate from National University of Singapore. He started with machine learning and data mining in a major multinational pharmaceutical company, where he built methodologies for the discovery of drug candidates for which he received the Best Graduate Researcher award. He was a passionate Lead Instructor of an intensive Data Science boot-camp at General Assembly's Sydney campus. Prior to that, he also taught at the Hong Kong campus and continues to conduct short courses at GA’s Singapore campus. In total, he has accumulated more than 960 hours of classroom teaching experience. Dr Yeo currently runs his own start-up, Smartease, which conducts hands-on professional training. In addition, he is currently pursuing the WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), a national-level competency-based certification programme. Dr Yeo is also a member of ACCESS, the Singapore Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association.