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Descriptive Statistics Courses

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.


Popular Descriptive Statistics Courses and Certifications


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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Efficient Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Cloud Development

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Teradata: Building Analytics Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Teradata SQL, JSON, Data Integration, Advanced Analytics, Data Cleansing, Text Mining, Data Quality, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Application Programming Interface (API), Database Management, Natural Language Processing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Диверсификация портфеля с помощью корреляционной матрицы

    Skills you'll gain: Correlation Analysis, Portfolio Management, Investments, Financial Analysis, Asset Management, Financial Market, Risk Analysis

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Baseball into the Millennium

    Skills you'll gain: Culture, Social Studies, World History, Cultural Diversity, Socioeconomics, Public History, Labor Law, Political Sciences, Trend Analysis, Economics, Business Economics

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    ETL pipelines con Python: recopila datos de Spotify

    Skills you'll gain: Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Extract, Transform, Load, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Data Collection, Data Pipelines, Jupyter, Virtual Environment, Python Programming

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Datenanalyse verwalten

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Statistical Analysis, Team Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Strategy, Statistical Inference, Communication, Communication Strategies

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Duke University

    데이터 중심 기업을 위한 비즈니스 지표

    Skills you'll gain: Business Metrics, Business Analytics, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Tableau Software, Case Studies, Cash Flows, Big Data, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Spreadsheet Software, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Web Analytics, Market Share, Database Software, E-Commerce

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Crea un perfil de negocios en Twitter

    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

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    Pearson

    Data Science Fundamentals Part 2: Unit 3

    Skills you'll gain: Predictive Modeling, Statistical Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Regression Analysis, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Probability Distribution, Estimation, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Performance Metric

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    R: Apply & Analyze K-Means Clustering for Unsupervised ML

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, R Programming, Machine Learning, Feature Engineering, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Probability & Statistics

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Employing Best Practices for Improving the Usability of LookML Projects

    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

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    Google Cloud

    Data Analysis with the FraudFinder Workshop

    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

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular descriptive statistics courses

  • Efficient Programming: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Teradata: Building Analytics Systems: LearnQuest
  • Диверсификация портфеля с помощью корреляционной матрицы: Coursera
  • Baseball into the Millennium: University of Colorado Boulder
  • ETL pipelines con Python: recopila datos de Spotify: Coursera
  • Datenanalyse verwalten: Johns Hopkins University
  • 데이터 중심 기업을 위한 비즈니스 지표: Duke University
  • Crea un perfil de negocios en Twitter: Coursera
  • Data Science Fundamentals Part 2: Unit 3: Pearson
  • R: Apply & Analyze K-Means Clustering for Unsupervised ML: EDUCBA

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