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CompTIA Data+ Certification Training (DA0-002)

This CompTIA Data+ certification training is a perfect data analyst course for beginners. With unlimited practice exams included, this course helps you build skills in organizing information, spotting patterns, and turning data into strategic insights. Starting with the basics of how modern data analysts gather, clean, analyze, and explain data, this Data+ certification training covers common data sources, basic statistics, and visual reporting. It also shows how AI for data analytics is evolving the role, how to work with data responsibly, and how to follow data compliance expectations. Data science expert Jonathan Barrios keeps the course practical and job-relevant, helping you learn data analytics skills you can use right away as you study for the Data+ v2 (DA0-002) exam.

Updated March 2026

28Skills
163Videos
1Practice Exam
21h 25mTotal
163 videos1 exam21h 25m

Who This Course Is For

This CompTIA Data+ course is for anyone who wants to use data to make smarter decisions or communicate ideas more convincingly at work. It’s a good fit for aspiring data analysts preparing for the DA0-002 exam. It’s also valuable for marketers, business and operations professionals, project managers, students, and career changers who want to enhance their career with data analytics.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

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  • 'Collecting, cleaning, and preparing data using tools like Excel, SQL, and Python',
  • 'Analyzing trends and patterns with basic statistics',
  • 'Gathering raw data from relational databases, nonrelational databases, and cloud platforms'
  • 'Explaining findings with clear charts and dashboards built with BI tools',
  • 'Leveraging AI-assisted features like natural language prompts and automation,
  • 'Following data governance, privacy, and compliance best practices'
  • ]

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Explain the CompTIA Data+ Exam Roadmap46m
  • Premium skill.Explain the Modern Data Analyst Role48m
  • Premium skill.Apply the Data Analytics Process and Techniques44m
  • Premium skill.Explore AI Automation and Data Governance55m
  • Premium skill.Explain What Data and Information Mean44m
  • Premium skill.Classify Common Data Types47m
  • Premium skill.Identify Common Data File Formats44m
  • Premium skill.Explain How Data is Stored44m
  • Premium skill.Integrate Data From Multiple Sources46m
  • Premium skill.Load Integrated Data Into Database Tables44m
  • Premium skill.Clean and Profile Messy Datasets48m
  • Premium skill.Transform Data with Core Operations46m
  • Premium skill.Aggregate Data with Filters and Sorts46m
  • Premium skill.Write SQL Queries on Tables45m
  • Premium skill.Optimize Data Workflows for Performance45m
  • Premium skill.Compute Mean Median Mode and More50m
  • Premium skill.Describe Variance and Standard Deviation50m
  • Premium skill.Explain Inference from Samples45m
  • Premium skill.Apply Hypothesis Tests and Intervals45m
  • Premium skill.Select Analysis Techniques for Questions47m
  • Premium skill.Identify Tools for Data Analytics46m
  • Premium skill.Translate Requirements Into Reports44m
  • Premium skill.Design Effective Dashboards44m
  • Premium skill.Explain Regulatory Compliance Basics45m
  • Premium skill.Describe Data Governance Roles44m
  • Premium skill.Describe Data Quality Control Practices45m
  • Premium skill.Identify Core Data Security Concepts44m
  • Premium skill.Identify Core Data Privacy Concepts44m

Certification

Data+

CompTIA Data+ validates the skills of IT professionals in data management, storage, and analysis. It covers data storage, retrieval, and analysis, as well as data security and compliance. This certification is ideal for IT professionals who work with...

Exam DA0-002Level AssociateDifficulty IntermediateCost $255 USD
Data miningData manipulationData visualizationData governanceBasic statistical methods
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For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Organizations increasingly depend on analysts and IT-adjacent teams to turn raw data into reliable decisions, but inconsistent data handling, weak governance, and unclear reporting practices create risk. This CompTIA Data+ (DA0-002) training is a good fit for IT Directors, Training Managers, and Team Leads building baseline data literacy across junior data analysts, reporting staff, operations analysts, and IT Practitioners who support data workflows. Expect about 21.5 hours per learner across topics such as data types, file formats, storage, integration, SQL queries, statistics, dashboards, compliance, governance, security, and privacy. For change management, this course is best assigned as a structured onboarding or certification-readiness path for teams that need shared language and repeatable practices before owning reports or data pipelines. CBT Nuggets Practice Exams support DA0-002 readiness, while Playlists and Team Reporting help leaders assign the path and monitor progress.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

This training helps teams standardize how they collect, clean, analyze, and present data before it becomes the basis for operational or business decisions. The course maps common analyst work to practical scenarios: integrating data from multiple sources, loading data into database tables, cleaning messy datasets, writing SQL queries, building dashboards, and applying governance, privacy, and security concepts.

  • Cleaner reporting inputs: Teams learn to profile, clean, transform, filter, sort, and aggregate datasets before reports are built.
  • Better decision support: IT Practitioners learn statistical concepts such as mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, sampling, hypothesis tests, and intervals.
  • More useful dashboards: Teams learn to translate requirements into reports and design dashboards that support stakeholder questions.
  • Lower compliance exposure: Teams build awareness of regulatory basics, data governance roles, data quality controls, security, and privacy concepts.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

Knowledge

  • CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 exam roadmap and the modern data analyst role
  • Differences between data and information, plus common data types and file formats
  • How data is stored, integrated from multiple sources, and loaded into database tables
  • Core statistical concepts, including averages, variance, standard deviation, samples, tests, and intervals
  • Governance, quality control, compliance, security, and privacy concepts that affect data work

Ability

  • Classify data sources, data types, and file formats for analysis workflows
  • Clean, profile, transform, filter, sort, and aggregate messy datasets
  • Write SQL queries against tables to retrieve and analyze data
  • Select analysis techniques based on business or operational questions
  • Translate requirements into reports and design effective dashboards

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