Who Is a Data Analyst?
A data analyst is an artist, someone who collects (Sometimes not collect but just receives collected data), organizes, and analyzes large sets of data to identify some hidden facts that cannot be ignored, he identifies patterns, defects, possibilities, opportunities and other useful information to make the data-driven future. Data mining and data auditing are must have skills to become a Data Analyst. If you intend to become a successful data analyst, you must start by ensuring a good knowledge in technology, business intelligence, data mining, data auditing, mathematics, statistics and another bunch of analytics skills which include:
1. Programming Languages
You need to be familiar with some computer software and scripting languages like Matlab and Python to find significant insights, statistical languages like R, SAS, and other computer skills include JavaScript, XML, and so on.