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Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python

Standardize your team on Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python with a structured Python training path — team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Core skills
$195
Exam fee (Python)
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Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Python)
$195
Courses on path
1
Official source
Python’s official exam page
Exam code
  • PCAD-31-02

Exam datasheet

Format
Single- and multiple-select questions, scenario-based items
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites.
Recommended experience
PCAP & PCED (or equivalent) + field-specific skills
Recertification
6 years
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Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$195

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python path takes PCAD-31-02.

  1. PCAD-31-02Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python
    Exam fee
    $195
    Exam length
    60 minutes + NDA
    Questions
    48
    Passing score
    75%

    Exam blueprint: PCAD-31-02

Skills your team builds

Data acquisition and pre-processingProgramming and database skillsStatistical analysisData analysis and modelingData communication and visualizationPython scripting best practicesSQL queries and CRUD operationsPandas and NumPy data analysisLinear and logistic regressionBootstrappingMatplotlib and Seaborn visualizationData storytelling and reporting

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    Python PCAD Data Analyst

    When reporting depends on spreadsheets or one person's scripts, results get inconsistent and reviews slow down. This intermediate PCAD™ course gives IT Directors and Training Managers a structured way to build a shared Python data analysis baseline. Analysts, data-focused IT practitioners, and Team Leads who support reporting all work from the same workflow. Across 61 skills, learners move from Jupyter Notebooks, NumPy, and Pandas into data cleaning, missing values, grouping, filtering, and transformation. They then build Matplotlib and Seaborn visualizations, collect web data with BeautifulSoup, CSS selectors, and XPath, and cover SQL basics, object-oriented programming, and descriptive statistics. The course closes with evaluating a K-nearest neighbor classifier using accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, and support. At about 48.9 hours per learner, this works best as a multi-week enablement path. Training Managers can assign it by role or sprint, with data preparation first, visualization second, then SQL, scraping, and model evaluation as needed. CBT Nuggets Playlists and Team Reporting help Team Leads sequence the rollout and track completion across the team.

    Shaun Wassell
    340 videos49h
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Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Per-team completion reporting

Python career ladder

Where Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python sits in your team's Python progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    3 certs

    Certified Entry-Level AI Specialist with Python

    PCEI-30-01

    Certified Entry-Level Data Analyst with Python

    PCED-30-02

    Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer

    PCEP-30-02

  2. Associate level

    3 certs

    Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python

    PCAD-31-02

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    Certified Associate in Python Programming

    PCAP-31-03

    Certified Associate Tester with Python

    PCAT-31-01

  3. Professional level

    1 cert

    Certified Professional in Python Programming 1

    PCPP-32-101

Customer outcome

Build PCAD-31-02 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished — the view leadership uses to see Python skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make PCAD-31-02 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on PCAD-31-02 gives leadership a clear picture of Python skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python

Exam
  • PCAD-31-02

Frequently asked questions about Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python training for their team.

How does Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python fit into our internal compliance or governance program?

IT leaders often cite PCAD-31-02 when documenting that the people preparing and reporting on data with Python have validated, consistent analysis skills. Team reporting provides per-learner progress, completion and completion exports that can serve as training evidence. The auditor's control crosswalk decides how that evidence maps to any formal framework requirement.

Who on the team should hold Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python, and what can a certified team own?

The credential suits analysts, developers and data-adjacent engineers who already write some Python and need to turn raw datasets into reliable results. A team prepared through the linked course can own Jupyter Notebook workflows, NumPy array work such as fancy indexing, broadcasting and data types, and Pandas Series and DataFrames. That extends to dataset cleaning, missing-value handling and grouping data for analysis.

What does CBT Nuggets Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Python's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python?

The linked live courses add up to about 49 hours of video training. How long the team takes beyond that depends on each member's starting point with Python, NumPy and Pandas and how much time each person can commit to the training.

What if Python updates the Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Python course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Python restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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