1. Learn statistics, mathematical statistics, data mining. This is the most basic theoretical knowledge, whether you can handle data analysis in the future mostly depends on your understanding of these disciplines 2. Be sure to learn EXCEL. believe me, when you work you will find that EXCEL is one of the most used tools 3. ? Master at least one of the specialized analytical software such as SPSS,SAS,R etc.. These software can help you later quickly modeling4. ? Learn a programming language, here recommended python5.Big data direction need to learn hadoop,mysql,machine learning and other knowledge6. Above are actually technical chapter, everyone can learn. But the most important thing in the field of data analysis is analytical thinking, that is, how you deal with a problem, you have to form a set of data analysis process of their own. And this process requires you to constantly familiarize yourself with the business and read books to improve yourself.7. I and a few friends in the United Kingdom opened a WeChat public account for you to share the methods of learning data analysis and books. Welcome to add: soton2014sky