Certification Requirements
DataCamp's Data Analyst Associate Certification is awarded to individuals who successfully complete one timed exam (DA101) and one practical exam.
The DA101 is a 2-hour exam that assesses your proficiency in data management, exploratory analysis, and statistical experimentation using SQL. Most candidates typically complete it in one hour. To successfully pass this exam, you should be able to:
- Perform data extraction, joining and aggregation tasks
- Perform cleaning tasks to prepare data for analysis
- Assess data quality and perform validation tasks
- Calculate metrics to effectively report characteristics of data and relationships between features
- Read, and analyze data visualizations to represent the relationships between features
- Describe statistical concepts that underpin hypothesis testing and experimentation
What to expect on the practical exam
The final step in this certification is a practical exam. The practical exam assesses your skills in data management and exploratory analysis. You'll review a business problem, validate data, and calculate metrics. The practical exam is graded automatically. You will need to get all elements of the practical correct to pass.
To pass the practical exam, you'll need to be able to:
- Perform standard data extraction, joining and aggregation tasks
- Assess data quality and perform validation tasks
- Perform standard cleaning tasks to prepare data for analysis
- Calculate metrics to effectively report characteristics of data and relationships between features
How long do I have to complete the practical exam?
You’ll have a total of 30 days from the time you register for certification to the time you must complete all requirements, including the exam(s) and practical exam. If you complete the exam(s) right away, then you’ll have the remaining time to work on the practical exam. However, if you take longer to complete the exam(s), you’ll have less time to complete the practical exam. Visit the Practical Hub in the Get Started pages for additional resources.
Re-taking your certification
Candidates who are unsuccessful in any component will have to wait 14 days before they can attempt the certification again. Upon retaking the certification, you will be required to complete all exams again, including any that you may have passed on a previous attempt.
If you have questions or feedback related to certification, please submit your inquiry here.