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Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Crydd Score 79
Demand Growing
Career Value Moderate
Recognition Strong
Google Advanced Data Analytics at a glance
- Provider
- Credential type
- Professional Certificate
- Exam required
- No — course/project based
- Category
- Data
- Level
- Professional
- Cost
- Coursera subscription ($49 a month in the US); financial aid available
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time to earn
- 6 months
- Validity
- Does not expire
- Format
- 7 online courses with graded assignments and a portfolio project; no proctored exam
- Prerequisites
- The Google Data Analytics Certificate or equivalent analytics experience
What is Google Advanced Data Analytics?
Google's follow-on certificate to its Data Analytics course: Python, statistics, regression and introductory machine learning, taught through seven Coursera courses at about ten hours a week for six months.
Skills it covers
- Python for data analysis
- Statistics and probability
- Regression models
- Machine learning basics
- Jupyter and Tableau
Is Google Advanced Data Analytics worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 79Choose it if
You have finished the Google Data Analytics Certificate or work as an analyst and want to add Python and statistics.
Consider alternatives if
You want an exam-based credential: PCAD. Aiming at data science proper: the IBM Data Science certificate covers more modelling.
Why we say so
It bridges spreadsheet-and-SQL analysis and data science at a low monthly cost, with Google's name on it.
Market demand
Analyst roles increasingly ask for Python and statistics; course certificates help most when paired with a portfolio of real projects.
Where Google Advanced Data Analytics takes you
- Data Analyst
- Data Scientist
Career roadmaps show where this certification fits in each path. See the roadmaps.
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