Generative AI for Data Analysts

As a data analyst, you are constantly looking for ways to extract insights faster and more accurately. Generative AI is transforming the analytical landscape, offering powerful new ways to automate repetitive tasks and uncover hidden patterns in your data. This text-based course guides you through integrating modern artificial intelligence into your daily data workflow. You will progress from understanding foundational AI concepts to applying prompt engineering techniques that assist with cleaning data, writing SQL queries, generating Python code, and summarizing complex business reports. What you'll learn: Understand the core principles of generative AI and how large language models process data; Apply prompt engineering techniques tailored specifically for data extraction, cleaning, and transformation; Generate and debug SQL queries and Python code using AI assistants to speed up your technical workflows; Analyze unstructured text data and generate automated summaries of complex business metrics; Navigate data privacy, security, and ethical considerations when using AI tools with organizational data; Practice translating business questions into effective AI prompts to produce actionable data insights. The course begins with essential terminology and the mechanics of language models, before moving into practical text-based exercises where you write prompts for data manipulation, code generation, and reporting. This course is designed for aspiring and practicing data analysts who want to incorporate AI into their toolkit, with no prior programming or machine learning experience required. Start reading today to modernize your analytical workflow and unlock the power of AI-assisted data analysis.