Data Analysis with AI
Use AI to clean, analyze and chart data in spreadsheets and reports, and check the numbers before you share them
Data Analysis with AI from the Enterprise Technology Association (ETA) is a short, hands-on course for people who work with spreadsheets and reports and want AI to help without getting the numbers wrong. Most AI assistants can now read a spreadsheet, write formulas, run code and draw charts. That makes analysis fast, and it makes mistakes fast too. This course teaches the habits that keep AI-assisted analysis right: clean data, clear questions, a number check, honest charts and findings that say what they don't know.
You finish with a capstone: a checked, repeatable analysis for one real recurring report, submitted and reviewed by a person. Completing the course earns the ETA Specialist credential: ETA Specialist: Data Analysis with AI.
What you'll learn
- Prepare data so AI tools read it correctly, and keep sensitive fields out
- Turn a vague request into an analytical brief with a clear question and definitions
- Run the number check on AI-produced figures, formulas and code
- Build charts that are honest and accessible
- Report findings with confidence levels, caveats and a method note
- Turn a recurring analysis into a repeatable, checkable playbook
Who it's for
Analysts, coordinators, managers, finance and operations staff, program staff and anyone who builds reports from data, in any sector. No coding is needed. It works with Excel, Google Sheets and any AI assistant your organization approves (Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude and others). It assumes you've completed Level 1: Foundations of the ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional (free).
How it works
Three modules with a Try it exercise in every lesson (sample data provided in each exercise), a knowledge check after each module, a capstone and a final assessment. About 1 hour 45 minutes. Included with ETA Pro membership and above.
Your credential
Passing the final assessment, including your reviewed capstone, earns ETA Specialist: Data Analysis with AI: a certificate with its own verification page on joineta.org, issued as a verifiable digital badge (Open Badges 3.0) you can add to LinkedIn. ETA Specialist credentials stand on their own; they don't count toward a level of an ETA certification. The course adds 2 credit hours toward your hours-based credentials (AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional and AI Empowered Leader).