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Think with Data.
Try the analyst's mindset.

Before you learn the tools, explore how an analyst thinks. Work through short, hands-on activities that turn everyday business data into useful insights.

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  • Free to explore
  • No account required
  • Guided feedback

Your analyst workspace

Sample question

Sort & rank

Put these stores in order, from most to fewest orders.

StoreOrders
Birmingham84
Bristol96
Leeds120

Ranked result

  1. 1Leeds120
  2. 2Bristol96
  3. 3Birmingham84

✓ Correct order: Leeds has the most orders this period.

Read → Explain → Explore

A little data. A lot of thinking.

See the data. Make a decision.
Explain the insight.

A short example of how connected questions can help you reason through the same business scenario — one step at a time.

01 · Start with the evidence

Read the information

A regional retailer wants to compare the number of orders received at three stores.

StoreOrders
Birmingham84
Bristol96
Leeds120

02 · Rearrange the data

Sort & rank the stores

Put the stores in descending order so the largest and smallest results are easy to spot.

  1. 1Leeds120 orders
  2. 2Bristol96 orders
  3. 3Birmingham84 orders

03 · Turn it into an insight

Explain what changed

Compare the highest and lowest stores. A good insight makes the difference understandable.

36 more

Leeds received 36 more orders than Birmingham.

120 − 84 = 36 orders

Different ways to practise

Not just questions.
Real interaction.

Instead of memorising a definition and guessing an answer, learners connect ideas, put information in order and explain what the results mean.

  • Match concepts to their meaning
  • Sort and rank real values
  • Interpret patterns and calculations
⇄ Match & connectSample question

Connect each SQL keyword to the description that matches it.

SELECT
Filters rows
WHERE
Groups rows for aggregation
GROUP BY
Chooses columns

✓ All three concepts matched correctly

SELECT chooses what to return. WHERE filters rows before grouping. GROUP BY groups records for aggregation.

How the free experience works

A practical first taste of analytics.

Explore without committing to a tutoring programme. The aim is to help you recognise the reasoning behind everyday data tasks.

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Excel activities

3

SQL activities

3

Power BI activities

1

Self-evaluation poll

10 activities in total

01

Open the activity

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02

Work with a scenario

Read the data and decide how to answer — such as matching, sorting or interpreting a pattern.

03

Review your reasoning

Check your responses, read the explanations and finish with a short self-evaluation poll.

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Learning starts with curiosity

Built for people who want to understand data.

You don't need to know Excel, SQL or Power BI before exploring. This free experience focuses on your thinking, not your software experience.

Curious beginners

Discover the kinds of questions analysts like to investigate.

Career explorers

See how everyday reasoning connects to data work.

Future learners

Understand the value of practical data skills before tutoring.

Problem-solvers

Practise turning information into clear explanations.

Good to know

Questions, answered.

A few things to know before you try the activity.

No. You can start without knowing Excel, SQL or Power BI. The activities are designed to help you think through practical data questions.

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