If you are looking for a career in data analytics, I would suggest that you take up a job in one of the

analytics
companies - Mu Sigma, ZS associates, Fractal, Tredence, etc. These companies mostly don't need any
prerequisites for entry level analyst jobs and provide great opportunities to learn the skills from scratch

If that's not possible for you, I would suggest you take the following progression to learn data analytics in each
of the key areas:

Maths

1. Basic statistics and data summarizing parameters like mean, median, mode, central tendencies,
distributions, etc.
2. Data integrity, comparison and tendency tests like t-test, z-test, f-test
3. Regression - Linear, Logistic, GLM, Mixed in that order
4. Advanced techniques like predictive modeling and prescriptive methods
Technology

1. Microsoft Excel: This is the Holy grail of analytics. Learn this in and out. From simple formulae to
the data analytics tool and dashboard in, you should learn it all
2. VBA: This is an extension of Excel and though not used very extensively, can help in making a lot of
tasks in excel easier
3. SQL: This is the logical progression from Excel for handling larger data volumes and also
standardizing processes and creating code modules for repeated use
4. SAS/R: The next step will be one of these tools as they can help you do more complex processing
like regression and modeling
5. Tableau: This is almost the standard right now for data visualization and dashboarding
6. Advanced technologies like Shiny, Hadoop, Hive, etc.
Business

1. Working of different verticals like Technology, Pharma, Healthcare, Retail, Banking, etc.
2. Applications of analytics in each of these verticals
Hope this helps.

Edit 1: Adding some free useful links that you can use to study the above mentioned things:

Some useful and free resources:

1. Free Statistics Book

2. Your Home for Data Science - Kaggle
3. SQL Tutorial - W3Schools
4. SQLZOO - SQL Practice
5. SAS Customer Support Knowledge Base and Community - Best place to learn about a lot of the
features
6. Tableau Training & Tutorials - Free Tableau training videos
7. Learn Excel, Charting Online - Chandoo
8. Home - Analytics Vidhya - Stay up to date
https://www.quora.com/How-should-I-learn-data-analytics-for-free-online

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