What Do Data Analysts Really Do? Daily Roles & Responsibilities

June 8, 2021

Using cutting-edge tools like SAS, Tableau, Rapidminer, SQL, and ETL.
Developing competitive business strategies and analyzing their results.
Presenting analytical conclusions to inform expert opinions, using both visual and written explanations to get your point across.
Directing company initiatives based on analytics.

Practicing ethical standards when handling data and analytics.
Analyzing large and oftentimes complex data sets.
Applying policies and procedures to protect the privacy and security of the data that you’re analyzing.
Employing data analytics solutions for both business intelligence, and forecasting.
Evaluating principles of predictive analytics to address core business challenges.
Articulating your analytical conclusions and their resulting strategy suggestions in writing, verbally, and visually via presentations.

Database Administrators – 10% projected growth in employment.
Mathematicians and Statisticians – 33% projected growth in employment.
Computer and Information Research Scientists – 15% projected growth in employment.

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