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Assess your Course 1 end-of-course project :Foundations of Data Science (Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate) Answers 2025

Correct Answers

These answers reflect the correct PACE stage alignments used in the Google Advanced Data Analytics Course 1 rubric.


Question 1

The Course 1 PACE Strategy Document includes responses for all Planning Stage questions.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
You must answer all Planning Stage questions in your PACE document.


Question 2

“Establish structure for project workflow (PACE)” → Plan stage.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Defining workflow structure is part of planning.


Question 3

“Write a project proposal” → Plan stage.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
A proposal is created during the planning phase.


Question 4

“Compile summary information about the data” → Analyze stage.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Summarizing data is part of early analysis.


Question 5

“Begin exploring the data” → Analyze stage.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Exploration is analytical work.


Question 6

“Data exploration and cleaning” → Plan and Analyze.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Cleaning requires planning AND analytical tasks.


Question 7

“Visualization building” → Analyze and Construct.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Visualizations come from analysis and construction of charts.


Question 8

“Compute descriptive statistics” → Analyze stage.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Descriptive statistics summarize data and are part of analysis.


Question 9

“Conduct hypothesis testing” → Analyze and Construct.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Hypothesis testing includes analytical reasoning and constructing statistical tests.


Question 10

“Build a regression model” → Analyze and Construct.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Regression requires analysis AND model construction.


Question 11

“Evaluate the model” → Execute.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Model evaluation belongs to the Execute stage where insights are finalized.


Question 12

“If applicable, build a machine learning model” → Construct.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Machine learning models are created in the Construct stage.


Question 13

“Communicate final insights with stakeholders” → Execute.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
Communication of results is part of the Execute stage.


Question 14

All open response questions were answered.

  • Yes ✅

  • No ❌

Explanation:
All written questions in the project must be completed.


🧾 Summary Table

Q# Correct Answer Key Concept
1 Yes PACE planning completeness
2 Yes Workflow belongs in Plan
3 Yes Proposal belongs in Plan
4 Yes Summary info is analysis
5 Yes Data exploration is analysis
6 Yes Cleaning spans Plan + Analyze
7 Yes Visualization = Analyze + Construct
8 Yes Descriptive stats = Analyze
9 Yes Hypothesis testing = Analyze + Construct
10 Yes Regression = Analyze + Construct
11 Yes Model evaluation = Execute
12 Yes ML modeling = Construct
13 Yes Communication = Execute
14 Yes All open responses completed