DDS-8500 v1

Watch the following sections from 2. Fundamentals of Data Understanding

• Learning to identify data
• Learning about data fields and types
• Dealing with the data you don't have
• Learning syntax

Oppel A. (2010) Databases Demystified. 2nd Edition. McGraw-Hill

• Read Chapter 1 Database Fundamentals

Broman, K. W., & Woo, K. H. (2018). Data organization in spreadsheets. The American Statistician, 72(1), 2-10. doi: 10.1080/00031305.2017.1375989
This article offers practical recommendations for organizing spreadsheet data to reduce errors and ease later analyses.

Lee, D.J., & Stvilia, B. (2017) Practices of research data curation in institutional repositories: A qualitative view from repository staff. PLoS ONE, 12(3).
This article discusses the best practices for data curation in institutional repositories.

Yifei L, Wenfeng X. (2017). Implementing a Smart Data Platform. O’Reilly Online Learning.

• Chapter 4. Data Management, Data Engineering, and Data Science Overview

Linoff, G. S. (2015). Data analysis using sql and excel. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.

• Read Chapter 2 What’s in a Table? Getting Started with Data Exploration. This excerpt demonstrates the use of SQL language and Excel for data analysis and exploration.

Mngadi, D. (2023). Azure Data Factory for Beginners – Build Data Ingestion. Oreilly.com.
Watch Introduction to the Course.

Eshant, G. (2020) Azure SQL Data Warehouse Synapse Analytics Service, Microsoft Azure. Video. O’Reilly.
Watch Traditional Versus Modern Warehouse Architecture.

Eye on Tech. (2020). What is a Data Lake? How is it Different From a Data Warehouse? [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhGWcPajaOc

Mngadi, D. (2023). Azure Data Factory for Beginners – Build Data Ingestion. Oreilly.com.
Watch Introduction to the Course.