Data Science

Harvard University via edX Professional Certificate

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The demand for skilled data science practitioners in industry, academia, and government is rapidly growing. The Harvard X Data Science program prepares you with the necessary knowledge base and useful skills to tackle real-world data analysis challenges. The program covers concepts such as probability, inference, regression, and machine learning ands you develop an essential skill set that includes R programming, data wrangling with dplyr, data visualization with ggplot2, file organization with Unix/Linux, version control with git and Git Hub, and...

Syllabus

Courses under this program:Course 1: Data Science: R BasicsBuild a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.Course 2: Data Science: VisualizationLearn basic data visualization principles and how to apply them using ggplot2.Course 3: Data Science: ProbabilityLearn probability theory -- essential for a data scientist -- using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007-2008.Course 4: Data Science: Inference and ModelingLearn inference and modeling, two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.Course 5: Data Science: Productivity ToolsKeep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.Course 6: Data Science: WranglingLearn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.Course 7: Data Science: Linear RegressionLearn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.Course 8: Data Science: Machine LearningBuild a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.Course 9: Data Science: CapstoneShow what you've learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.