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Get Ahead In Data Science

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Overview

After you establish the general skills needed to work with data science projects, you’re ready to advance your skill set. Develop competency in the must-have area of statistics, as well as a well-rounded knowledge of data mining, data and information governance, open data, and the blockchain.
  • Establish competency in statistics and data mining.
  • Explore data governance and information governance.
  • Ramp up on the emerging topics of open data and the blockchain.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Data Science Foundations: Data Mining
-Get started in data mining. Discover data mining techniques such as data reduction, clustering association analysis, and more, with data mining tools like R and Python.

Course 2: Statistics Foundations: Using Data Sets
-Go beyond the basics of statistics with practical, example-based lessons to learn how data sets and statistics are used in the real world.

Course 3: Learning Information Governance
-Get information governance training to implement an IG program at your organization. Learn fundamental IG definitions, concepts, principles, strategies, and best practices.

Course 4: Learning Data Governance
-Understand why data governance is an essential part of helping every organization succeed in the era of big data and data science

Course 5: Statistics Foundations: 3
-Complete your mastery of statistics. Get a more advanced understanding of concepts such as t-distribution, degrees of freedom, chi-square testing, regression testing, and ANOVA.

Course 6: Blockchain Basics
-Blockchain technology has become a platform for innovation across industries. In this course, learn what the blockchain is and what it might mean to you.

Course 7: Open Data: Unleashing Hidden Value
-Unleash the power of open data. Learn how to implement an open data program at your organization and use open data for transparency efforts, innovation, data analysis, and reporting.

Course 8: Smarter Cities: Using Data to Drive Urban Innovation
-Learn about the future of cities and how smart cities are rising to meet the challenges of rapid urban development. Discover how to start a career in urban innovation.

Courses

Taught by

Barton Poulson, Eddie Davila, Robert F. Smallwood MBA, CIGO, CIP, IGP and Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.

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