# [Emergen Works] Resources and Project Ideas "Take data and apply the main steps of data analysis to it—clean, analyze, and interpret." ([some practice projects](https://www.coursera.org/articles/data-analytics-projects-for-beginners)) "Beginning data analysts should make sure they have a solid technical understanding of Structured Query Language (SQL), Microsoft Excel, and either R or Python." [Data analyst interview questions](https://www.coursera.org/articles/data-analyst-interview-questions-and-answers) "A data scientist is responsible for collecting, cleaning, and organizing data. They use their coding skills to develop algorithms and models to find trends and insights in data." [W3 Python Exercises](https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_exercises.asp) [Python exercises for beginners](https://pynative.com/python-basic-exercise-for-beginners/)