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Start Mining Data PracticeA data analyst needs to retrieve all unique job titles from an employees table. Which SQL keyword should be used in the SELECT clause?
Explanation: DISTINCT removes duplicate rows from the result set, returning only unique values. In this case, SELECT DISTINCT job_title would return each job title only once.
A data analyst is profiling a new dataset containing customer information. When assessing data quality, which metric would be most appropriate to determine if the 'email' column contains valid email addresses?
Explanation: Pattern analysis (e.g., using regular expressions) can validate whether strings match the expected format of an email address. Row counts, null counts, and cardinality do not validate format.
A data analyst is working with a sales table that contains columns: sale_id, product_id, sale_date, and amount. They need to calculate a 7-day moving average of sales amount for each product, ordered by sale_date. Which window function syntax should they use?
Explanation: A moving average requires averaging over a frame of rows. Using AVG() with an ORDER BY in the OVER clause and a frame specification (ROWS BETWEEN 6 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) calculates the 7-day moving average.
A data analyst needs to extract the year from a column named 'order_date' in a SQL database. The database supports standard SQL functions. Which function should they use?
Explanation: The EXTRACT function is standard SQL for extracting date parts. EXTRACT(YEAR FROM order_date) returns the year.
A data analyst wants to retrieve the top 5 highest-paid employees from a table named 'employees' that has columns 'employee_id', 'salary', and 'name'. Which SQL query should they use?
Explanation: ORDER BY salary DESC sorts from highest to lowest, and LIMIT 5 restricts to the first 5 rows.
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