Data Analysis vs Data Analytics: What's the Difference?
Aspect Data Analysis Data Analytics
Examining raw data to find Broader field that includes data analysis +
Definition
patterns, trends, and insights predictive modeling, visualization, etc.
What will happen? Why did it happen?
Focus What happened? (Descriptive) (Descriptive + Diagnostic + Predictive +
Prescriptive)
EDA, Summary Statistics,
Techniques ML, Forecasting, Decision Trees, Optimization
Trend Detection
Excel, SQL, Python (Pandas, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, BigQuery, ML
Tools
Seaborn) models
Sales reports, customer trend Churn prediction, recommendation systems,
Use Case
analysis campaign optimization
Goal Understand data Drive decisions using data
Roadmap to Become a Data Analytics Professional
(Freshers & Intermediates)
Stage 1: Foundation (1 Month)
• Learn Excel: Functions, Pivot Tables, Charts
• Basic Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Correlation
• SQL: SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, Subqueries
Stage 2: Data Analysis Tools (1-2 Months)
• Python:
o Libraries: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn
o Data Cleaning and Manipulation
o Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
• Power BI or Tableau:
o Dashboard creation
o Real-time reporting
o Data connectivity
Stage 3: Advanced Analytics (2 Months)
• Intermediate Statistics: Hypothesis testing, ANOVA, Regression
• Machine Learning (Basics):
o Linear/Logistic Regression
o Clustering (K-Means)
o Time Series Forecasting
• Business Understanding:
o Domain knowledge in Retail, Finance, or Healthcare
o KPI building
Stage 4: Real-World Practice (Ongoing)
• Capstone Projects
• Case Studies
• Portfolio on GitHub
• LinkedIn Resume & Dashboard Showcases
Project Ideas for Data Analytics (Freshers &
Intermediates)
Freshers Level Projects
Project Title Description Tools
Analyze historical sales and create region- Excel / Power
Sales Dashboard
wise dashboards BI
Understand customer buying patterns from Python +
Customer Purchase Trends
transactional data Pandas
Visualize and interpret daily COVID trends in Tableau /
COVID-19 Trend Analysis
India Python
E-Commerce Product Review Python
Analyze ratings and reviews for products
Analysis (TextBlob)
Student Performance Correlation between study hours, attendance
Excel / Python
Analysis and scores
Intermediate Level Projects
Project Title Description Tools
Predict if a customer will default based
Loan Default Prediction Python + Scikit-learn
on past history
Marketing Campaign Analyze the success rate of multiple
Power BI + SQL
Analysis marketing channels
Identify which customers are likely to Python + Logistic
Churn Prediction Model
leave a service Regression
Inventory Optimization for Optimize stock levels and reduce SQL + Excel Solver /
Retail overstocking Python
Movie Recommendation Build a simple collaborative filtering Python (Surprise or
System recommender sklearn)