ANDREW MADSON

KEY SKILLS
 EXCEL
Data Cleaning Text Functions; Text to Columns; Find & Replace;
Remove Duplicates; Data Validation; Date &
& Formatting Time; Fill & Flash Fill; Sorting & Filtering

Formulas & Arithmetic; Aggregation; Counting;

Functions Lookups/Matching/Indexing; IF Functions

PivotTables Grouping; Calculated Fields; Summarization;

and Slicers; Timelines; Modifying Charts; Refreshing
Data; Formatting
PivotCharts
Chart Types; Chart Elements; Sparklines;
Advanced Charts; Dashboards; Interactive
Visualization Controls; Advanced Features (Power Map, Power
View)

Advanced Power Query; Array Formulas; Conditional

Functions; Advanced Filtering & Sorting; Macros;
Features VBA
 SQL
Basic Syntax
SELECT; WHERE; AND/OR/NOT; ORDER BY
& Queries

Joining INNER JOIN; LEFT JOIN; RIGHT JOIN; FULL JOIN;

Tables CROSS JOIN; Self-Join; Multiple Joins

Aggregation & COUNT; SUM; AVG; MIN; MAX; GROUP BY;

Grouping HAVING; GROUP_CONCAT

Subqueries & Basic Subqueries; Correlated Subqueries;

In/Exists/Not Exists; CTEs within
CTEs SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE

Manipulation ALTER TABLE; NSERT INTO; UPDATE; DELETE;

& CASE; ROW_NUMBER; RANK; DENSE_RANK;
NTILE; PIVOT/UNPIVOT; Temp Tables
Modification
VISUALIZATION
Quantitative (Discrete/Continuous);
DATA TYPES Qualitative (Nominal/Ordinal); Time-Series;
Geospatial; Hierarchical; Network

Bar; Column; Line; Donut; Area; Scatter Plot;

CHART TYPES Bubble; Histogram; Box Plot; Heatmap;
Treemap; Radar Chart; Dual Axis; Combination

DESIGN Emphasis; Color Choice; Minimalist Style;

Consistency; Scale; Visual Hierarchy; Labels;
PRINCIPLES Iteration & Refinement

Understand the Audience; Define the

STORYTELLING Message; Create the Narrative; Highlight Key
WITH DATA Insights; Provide Context; Personalization;
Encourage Action

EXCEL; TABLEAU; POWER BI; R; Python; D3.js;

TOOLS Qlik; Looker; Google Data Studio
 STATISTICS
Mean; Median; Mode; Range; Variance;
DESCRIPTIVE Standard Deviation; Interquartile Range;
Percentiles; Skewness; Kurtosis

Probability Basics; Discrete Probability

Distributions (Binomial/Poisson/Geometric);
PROBABILITY Continuous Probability (Normal/Exponential/
Uniform);

HYPOTHESIS Null/Alternative Hypothesis; Z-Test; T-Test;

Chi-Square; F-Test; ANOVA; Wilcoxon Rank-
TESTING Sum; Kruskal-Wallis

Linear (Simple/Multiple); Logistic

(Coefficients, Confusion Matrix, Precision,
REGRESSION Recall, ROC Curve); Polynomial;
Ridge/Lasso/Elastic Net; Time-Series

SAMPLING & Random sampling; Sampling Distributions;

Sample Statistics; Point Estimation Methods
EXPERIMENTS (Maximum Likelihood/Method of Moments)
 CAREER
Choose diverse projects; Use projects that
cover each of the main roadmap domains;
PORTFOLIO Use popular tools and languages (SQL, Excel,
Tableau; Power BI; Python)

Tailor for each application; Highlight relevant

skills, experiences, and achievements; Use a
RESUME clear, concise format; Showcase education
and certifications; Include relevant skills from
the job description.

Search for keywords; Target specific

APPLY companies; Network with recruiters and hiring
managers; Quality outweighs quantity

Practice for technical interviews using

INTERVIEW Leetcode, DataLemur, SQLPad, and
HackerRank

Learn company culture/values; Build

GETTING relationships with your team and
STARTED stakeholders; Understand how success is
measured; Seek feedback; Contribute ASAP!
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