Appendix D: Student Preparation Worksheet

Chapter 1

Alteryx Videos:

1. Getting Started with a Tour of Alteryx Designer (~4 minutes)

2. Decisions with Data (~6 minutes)

3. Defining Data (~36 minutes)

Other Videos:

1. How to Get Started with the Alteryx Designer (~9 minutes)

2. How to Build Your First Workflow in Alteryx Designer (~ 7 minutes)

3. Beginner To Alteryx Designer PRO in 45 Minutes

Chapter 2

Alteryx Videos:

1. Formatting Data

2. Filtering Data

3. Summarizing Data

Chapter 3

Alteryx Videos

1. Diving Into Expressions

2. Writing Conditional Statements

3. Blending Data With Unions

4. Joining Data

Chapter 4

Alteryx Reading

1. Tool Mastery | Contingency Table

2. Contingency Table Tool

Other Videos

1. How to Use the Contingency Table Tool in Alteryx

Other Reading

1. The Data Investigation Tools

Chapter 4 (Section 4.5.3 – Transpose tool)

Alteryx Videos

1. Changing Data Layouts (Transpose and Cross Tab)

Chapters 5, 6, and 7 – Database Concepts (see also Appendix B)

Alteryx Videos

1. Database-ics

2. Data in the Cloud

3. Blending Data With Unions

4. Joining Data

Other Reading

1. Introduction to Entity Relationship Models

2. Lots of Relational Database Terms Explained

Chapter 6 (Section 6.5.5)

Alteryx Videos

1. Changing Data Layouts (Transpose and Cross Tab)

Chapter 7 (Section 7.4.5)

Alteryx Videos

1. Multi-Field Formula Tool

Chapters 8 and 9

If you are new to regression analysis, or need a refresher, read Chapter 15 of the text “Introductory Statistics Explained” by Jeremy Balka for an introduction to linear regression. The author has prepared several videos. If this is your first exposure to regression, please consider watching all the videos. If you just need a refresher, watch the introduction to regression and simple linear regression example.

Alteryx Videos

1. Regression Analysis

Other Videos

1. Predictive Models in Alteryx

Chapter 10

Other Reading

1. Introduction to Time Series Regression and Forecasting

2. Time series analysis

Chapter 10 (Section 10.6)

Alteryx Videos

1. Multi-Row Formula Tool

Chapter 11

Alteryx Videos

1. Performing Time Series Forecasting in Alteryx Designer

Alteryx Reading

1. How to use the ARIMA tool

Other Videos

1. How to Create a Time Series Forecast in Alteryx

Other Reading

1. Time Series Forecasting in Alteryx (Part 1)

2. Time Series Forecasting in Alteryx (Part 2)

Alteryx Videos - Not Associated With Any Chapter

1. Data and Devices

2. Data Stewardship

3. VLookUps with Designer (Find & Replace Tool)

Appendix B

Alteryx Videos

1. Database-ics

2. Data in the Cloud

3. Blending Data With Unions

4. Joining Data

Other Videos

1. Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) Tutorial - Part 1

2. Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) Tutorial - Part 2

Other Reading

1. Introduction to Entity Relationship Models

2. Lots of Relational Database Terms Explained