If you're interested in mastering data analysis with SQL, the SQL for Data Analysis: Beginner MySQL Business Intelligence course is a great place to start. This course will teach you how to use SQL database querying with MySQL Workbench, which is perfect for SQL beginners and first-time coders. With a course rating aggregate of 4.70896, this course has received a lot of positive feedback from its 7800 students.
Course Overview
The course is designed to teach the fundamentals of SQL and MySQL, both of which are incredibly powerful tools for managing and analyzing relational databases and a skill that every Analyst and Business Intelligence professional should have in their arsenal. In this course, you'll play the role of a business owner who just acquired Maven Movies, a brick and mortar DVD rental shop.
Using only a MySQL database and MySQL Workbench, your mission is to learn everything that you can about your new business, including your inventory, staff, and customer behavior. You won't have to go through this journey alone, as the course instructors will guide you from start to finish. The instructors will share crystal clear explanations, MySQL pro tips and best practices, as well as course quizzes, projects, and homework assignments to test your SQL and database analysis skills along the way.
Course Outline
The course is divided into five main sections that are designed to take you from a beginner to an intermediate level of understanding data analysis with SQL:
SQL Intro & MySQL Setup
This section will introduce you to the SQL landscape and its common "flavors" such as MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc. You will learn how to download and install the tools that you will need to access and explore your MySQL database, including MySQL Community Server and MySQL Workbench.
SQL Database Fundamentals (Part 1)
Once you have your tools installed, you will quickly review some database fundamentals and begin to explore the 16 tables contained within your MySQL database. The tables contain information about Maven Movies' customers, inventory, and transactions.
Analyzing Data from Single Tables with MySQL
In this section, you will start exploring and extracting information from individual tables in your MySQL database. You will practice writing SQL queries to select, filter, sort, and group your data.
SQL Database Fundamentals (Part 2)
The second half of the course is all about analyzing data from multiple tables in MySQL. You will begin with a quick review of relational databases and database analysis, such as primary vs. foreign keys, relationship cardinality, normalization, among others.
Analyzing Multiple Tables via MySQL JOINS
In this section, you will review the most common types of SQL joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, OUTER, etc) and explore more complex MySQL queries to analyze data that bridges multiple tables in your database.
It's important to note that this course does not cover building, altering, or maintaining SQL/MySQL databases. The course's goal is to focus on data exploration and database analysis using MySQL and MySQL Workbench. If you're looking for a hands-on, practical guide to mastering data analysis with SQL/MySQL, this is the course for you!
Course Benefits
The SQL for Data Analysis: Beginner MySQL Business Intelligence course provides many benefits that will help you learn more about data analysis, as well as improve your skills and knowledge. For example, the course includes over 5 hours of high-quality video content that's easy to follow and understand.
You'll also receive access to a downloadable MySQL ebook as well as quizzes, homework assignments, and mid-course and final SQL projects that will help you practice your newfound knowledge and skills. And if you find that this course isn't the right fit for you, there's a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Student Feedback
As mentioned earlier, the SQL for Data Analysis: Beginner MySQL Business Intelligence course has received a lot of positive feedback from students. Here are a few examples of what they had to say:
"Clear presentation of information and with enough repetition of important SQL concepts to help make the information memorable. Loved the frequent practice examples and code debugging exercises!" - Maggi M.
"I totally loved this course! Everything was very easy to understand, but it moved at a fast enough pace that I never got bored. I learned SO much about MySQL and had fun doing it. In fact, at the end of the day, I didn't want to stop learning -- I wanted to keep charging on to the next lesson!" - Ann S.
"John's deep understanding of SQL and database analysis and ability to explain those tools to a newcomer with 0 experience is really unmatched. I've taken other SQL and MySQL courses and tried reading books, but this course is by far the easiest way to understand SQL. Excited to see more courses from John!" - Steven M.
Looking for the Full Business Intelligence Stack?
If you're interested in learning more about related topics in business intelligence, be sure to check out Maven Analytics. It's a great resource for learning about Excel, Power BI, MySQL, and Tableau courses. You can also browse their full online course library to find courses that are right for you.
Happy analyzing!
-John (Lead SQL Instructor & MySQL Expert, Maven Analytics)
