Master the skills you need to pass the Data Scientist in R certification and prepare yourself for success in the field of data science.
As you progress through the courses in this track, you will focus on using R for data science. You will explore how learning data science with R can help you to import, clean, manipulate, and visualize data, and develop a solid foundation for your data science journey.
You’ll cover a range of different skills, including data manipulation, visualization, and analysis, using popular R packages like ggplot2, dplyr, and readr. You will work with real-world datasets as you write your own functions and learn foundational statistical and machine learning techniques. You will also gain an understanding of SQL for relational databases and Git for data science projects, two essential tools for any data scientist.
Through interactive exercises, you will get hands-on experience with R programming and the popular packages used in the field of data science. Completing this track will give you the knowledge and experience necessary to confidently pass the Data Scientist in R certification and thrive as a data scientist.
Overview
Syllabus
- Intermediate Importing Data in R
- Parse data in any format. Whether it's flat files, statistical software, databases, or data right from the web.
- Developing R Packages
- Learn to develop R packages and boost your coding skills. Discover package creation benefits, practice with dev tools, and create a unit conversion package.
- Machine Learning for Business
- Understand the fundamentals of Machine Learning and how it's applied in the business world.
- Feature Engineering in R
- Learn the principles of feature engineering for machine learning models and how to implement them using the R tidymodels framework.
- Introduction to SQL
- Learn how to create and query relational databases using SQL in just two hours.
- Intermediate SQL
- Accompanied at every step with hands-on practice queries, this course teaches you everything you need to know to analyze data using your own SQL code today!
- Analyzing Students' Mental Health
- Joining Data in SQL
- Level up your SQL knowledge and learn to join tables together, apply relational set theory, and work with subqueries.
- When Was the Golden Era of Video Games?
- Introduction to Git
- Discover the fundamentals of Git for version control in your software and data projects.
- Intermediate Git
- Discover branches and remote repos for version control in collaborative software and data projects using Git!
Taught by
Filip Schouwenaars, Karolis Urbonas, Izzy Weber, Jasmin Ludolf, Maham Khan, Jorge Zazueta, and George Boorman