Master the use of data analytics and data visualisation techniques to derive actionable insights.
This is an onboarding programme in the Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Training Roadmap that focuses on the “data exploitation” aspects of DSAI.
Key Takeaways
At the end of this programme, you will be able to:
Gain knowledge and skills to bridge the gap between your current practice of relying on spreadsheets and move on to communicate your insights effectively using data visualisations
Focus on the skills needed to prepare, analyse, and visualise data, and to present the derived insights
Learn to design effective visuals, focus attention, develop a purposeful storyboard and use compelling narratives to communicate data insights
There will be hands-on activities to guide you along in your journey from spreadsheets to data storytelling.
Who Should Attend
Please refer to the job roles section.
Public Service Officers who would like to have hands-on experience in data visualisation and to communicate their data analysis better. Leaders who would like to inculcate a data storytelling culture in their organisations.
Prerequisites
Public Service Officers who are business users (non-technical) and have selected “Data Exploitation” as their learning path in the Data Science & AI Training Roadmap developed by GovTech.
Programme Structure
This programme is conducted by lecturers of Temasek Polytechnic School of Informatics & IT and aims to cover two essential skills of a Business User:
Basic statistics, analytics concepts; data wrangling in familiar tools like excel.
Data exploration, visualisations and dashboards, using self-service tools like Tableau.
This programme covers the following topics:
Data Exploration & Data Audit (Excel)
Data Preparation and Analysis (Excel)
Data Preparation and Visualisation (Tableau)
Data Storytelling (Tableau)
Fees
Full Fee
Full programme fee
S$630
9% GST on nett programme fee
S$56.70
Total nett programme fee payable, including GST
S$686.70
With effect from 1 Jan 2024
NOTE Funding is available for this programme. Please visit the Learning Partner's website to find out about the updated programme fee funding breakdown, eligibility, terms and conditions.
Learning Tableau and understanding which kinds of charts showcase which types of data so they can be clearly understood by the audience was useful.
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The introduction and the know-how skills in giving a voice to my data, notably the various features and navigation in Tableau, have been useful.
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Learning new Excel functions such as pivot charts and how to make Excel dashboards was useful. Additionally, I learnt how to use a new data preparation tool.