From cdb06982a609fa39aa7be47a9d9d3306a5039072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tejaswini Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 05:59:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Data Analytics information Added data source details to the file. --- Data_Analytics_Introduction.md | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) diff --git a/Data_Analytics_Introduction.md b/Data_Analytics_Introduction.md index 086d95e..cbc88e6 100644 --- a/Data_Analytics_Introduction.md +++ b/Data_Analytics_Introduction.md @@ -38,3 +38,46 @@ Here’s a categorized list with official download links and why they’re used: ### 5. [MySQL (Community Server)](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/) **Uses:** A popular open-source relational database for storing, managing, and querying structured data efficiently. + + +# 📊Below are the few Sample Open Data Sources for Practice + +### **A. Sales and Retail Data** +**Dataset:** [Sample Superstore Dataset (Tableau)](https://community.tableau.com/s/sample-superstore-data) +**File Type:** Excel (.xls) +**Why Used:** Great for practicing **sales performance analysis**, **profit margins**, and **customer segmentation**. + +--- + +### **B. Human Resources (HR) Data** +**Dataset:** [HR Analytics Dataset (Kaggle)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/pavansubhasht/ibm-hr-analytics-attrition-dataset) +**File Type:** CSV +**Why Used:** Perfect for **employee attrition**, **demographics**, and **workforce insights** projects. + +--- + +### **C. Financial / Banking Data** +**Dataset:** [Bank Marketing Dataset (UCI Repository)](https://archive.ics.uci.edu/dataset/222/bank+marketing) +**File Type:** CSV +**Why Used:** Commonly used for **classification and predictive analytics** — predicting customer behavior. + +--- + +### **D. Web & Online Traffic Data** +**Dataset:** [Google Merchandise Store Analytics (via BigQuery)](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7586738?hl=en) +**File Type:** BigQuery Dataset +**Why Used:** Ideal for **website traffic**, **user behavior**, and **e-commerce analytics**. + +--- + +### **E. Company & Economic Data** +**Dataset:** [World Bank Open Data](https://data.worldbank.org/) +**File Type:** CSV / XLSX / JSON +**Why Used:** For **economic indicators, GDP growth, education, and employment analytics**. + +--- + +### **F. Miscellaneous Open Datasets** +- **Kaggle Open Datasets:** [https://www.kaggle.com/datasets](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets) +- **Data.gov (US Govt):** [https://www.data.gov/](https://www.data.gov/) +- **Google Dataset Search:** [https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/](https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/)