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.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Cloud Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

LearnQuest
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

Skills you'll gain: Correlation Analysis, Portfolio Management, Investments, Financial Analysis, Asset Management, Financial Market, Risk Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
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

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

Johns Hopkins University
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

Duke University
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

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

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

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

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