Welcome to Your Data Navigator
Your Data Navigator will help you navigate data for a variety of topics including investments, at work and at home. There will be articles about how to find data for various purposes and resources to analyze and manage the data. I will discuss skills in demand and where to learn new ones. This information will be helpful if you desire a career in data analysis, or are interested analyzing data for personal use.
For analyzing stocks, I will show you how to use a free tool that is better than Excel. For work and home, there will be explanations of free sources of data for various topics, which can be helpful for deciding where to live, or a location to open a business.
Your author is Leon Merker. My degree is a Master of Science in Computer Science. I have been involved with information technology from the early days of personal computers. My work has included database management and data analysis for business, universities and government agencies. As a professor, I taught information technology classes including database and data analytics courses at the university level.
You may view my LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonmerker/ .
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Using a free product that has advantages over Excel for keeping track of stocks and other investments.
Where to learn new technical skills for a data-related career, or for enhancing your understanding of data analysis for a work-related or personal reason.
Innovative data management and data analysis tools.
Finding free sources of data that can be helpful at work and at home, including data useful for
Keeping track of and analyzing investments
Determining where to live
Deciding where to locate a business
Learning which data-related technical skills are in demand
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