What you will learn
- Fundamental R programming skills
- Statistical concepts such as probability, inference, and modeling and how to apply them in practice
- Gain experience with the tidyverse, including data visualization with ggplot2 and data wrangling with dplyr
- Become familiar with essential tools for practicing data scientists such as Unix/Linux, git and GitHub, and RStudio
- Implement machine learning algorithms
- In-depth knowledge of fundamental data science concepts through motivating real-world case studies
Program Overview
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9 skill-building courses
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1 year 5 months
2 - 3 hours per week
Discounted price: $1,332.90
Pre-discounted price: $1,481USD
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Courses in this program
HarvardX's Data Science Professional Certificate
- Data Science: R Basics
- Data Science: Visualization
- Data Science: Probability
- Data Science: Inference and Modeling
- Data Science: Productivity Tools
- Data Science: Wrangling
- Data Science: Linear Regression
- Data Science: Machine Learning
- Data Science: Capstone
- Professional Certificate Details
- Job Outlook
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9 courses in 1 year 5 months
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