Descriptive statistics courses can help you learn how to summarize data sets, calculate measures of central tendency, and assess variability. You can build skills in interpreting frequency distributions, creating visual data representations, and performing hypothesis testing. Many courses introduce tools like Excel, R, or Python for data analysis, allowing you to apply these skills in practical scenarios, such as analyzing survey results or evaluating experimental data.

Skills you'll gain: Trend Analysis, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Market Trend, Account Management, User Accounts, Marketing Communications
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Exploratory Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Business Strategy, Machine Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Computer Vision, Unstructured Data, Predictive Modeling, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Maintainability, Usability Testing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Dictionary, Data Literacy, Data Visualization, Data Analysis
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Feature Engineering, Exploratory Data Analysis, Real Time Data, Applied Machine Learning, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Application Deployment, Jupyter, Data Analysis, System Monitoring, Data Warehousing, Machine Learning
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Skills you'll gain: Financial Forecasting, Management Reporting, Dashboard, Budgeting, Financial Management, Predictive Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Power BI, Cash Flow Forecasting, Generative AI, Tableau Software, Real Time Data, Business Intelligence, Financial Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Financial Analysis, Trend Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Automation, Data Visualization
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Financial Services, Banking, Compensation Analysis, Financial Sales, Investment Banking, Financial Management, Commercial Banking, Private Equity, Retail Banking, Project Finance, Financial Modeling, FinTech, Financial Statement Analysis, Actuarial Science, Emerging Technologies, Trend Analysis, Corporate Finance, Digital Transformation, Credit Risk, Risk Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Predictive Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Analytics, E-Commerce, Big Data, Marketing Analytics, Google Cloud Platform, Applied Machine Learning, Data Analysis
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Data Transformation, Engineering Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Computational Thinking, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Storytelling, Data Integration, Capacity Management, Data Analysis, Data Warehousing, Data Strategy, Data Management, Data Lakes, Unstructured Data, Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Access, Data Literacy, Solution Design, Data Quality
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Management, Statistical Modeling
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Correlation Analysis, Text Mining, Probability Distribution, Data Analysis, Network Analysis, Feature Engineering, Probability, Data Structures, Statistics, Data Visualization, Data Processing, Data Cleansing, Natural Language Processing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Maven Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Regression Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Science, Forecasting, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Supervised Learning, Data Quality, Anomaly Detection, Feature Engineering, Dimensionality Reduction, Business Intelligence, Random Forest Algorithm
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Data Pipelines, Data Transformation, Data Quality, Data Cleansing, Data Import/Export, Extract, Transform, Load, Exploratory Data Analysis, Big Data, Google Cloud Platform, Google Analytics
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours