From the course: The Data Skills Survival Kit

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From the course: The Data Skills Survival Kit

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- [Instructor] We as data analysts use our skills and techniques to solve problems and answer questions, but a big part of being a great data analyst isn't just learning the skill itself, but knowing when and why to apply that skill. Often it's really hard for people to know and make decisions on not just the technical analysis, but the context surrounding the decisions they make as well. We know we need to join data but is it left, right or anti join? We know we are going to transform inquiry data, but should we merge it as a new set or merge into the same set? These are the types of decisions data analysts make all the time with their data, and they've been learned through the good and the bad experiences in their projects. Every decision we make has an impact and it can be hard to know which is the right choice or what would happen if we make the wrong choice. So let's talk about it. Over the coming weeks and months,…

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