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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 California, Davis

    Learn SQL Basics for Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Presentations, Apache Spark, SQL, Distributed Computing, Data Quality, Descriptive Statistics, Data Lakes, Data Storytelling, Peer Review, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Pipelines, JSON, Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling, Performance Metric, Data Warehousing, Data Analysis, Databases, Complex Problem Solving

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    IBM Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Database Design, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence, IBM Cognos Analytics, Descriptive Statistics, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Visualization Software, Business Analytics, IBM DB2, Tableau Software, Star Schema, Relational Databases, Interactive Data Visualization, Regression Analysis, Forecasting, Database Management Systems, Pivot Tables And Charts, MySQL

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    IBM Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Model Evaluation, Data Visualization Software, Data Wrangling, Data Visualization, Web Scraping, Supervised Learning, Data Modeling, Unsupervised Learning, SQL, Exploratory Data Analysis, Matplotlib, Pandas (Python Package), Plotly, Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Jupyter, Professional Networking, Generative AI

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    Data Analysis with Excel Pivot Tables

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Pivot Tables And Charts, Advanced Analytics, Descriptive Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Descriptive Analytics, Data Import/Export, Spreadsheet Software, Marketing Effectiveness, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Strategies, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Small Data, Data Wrangling, Data Transformation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    IBM Data Analyst

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Data Visualization, Web Scraping, Generative AI, SQL, Exploratory Data Analysis, Matplotlib, Pandas (Python Package), Model Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Jupyter, IBM Cognos Analytics, Professional Networking, Microsoft Excel, Python Programming

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Data Science: Foundations using R

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, R Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Plot (Graphics), Rmarkdown, Statistical Programming, Data Science, Statistical Visualization, Ggplot2, Version Control, Data Transformation, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Visualization Software, Data Integration, Knitr, Data Sharing, GitHub, Machine Learning

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    DeepLearning.AI

    DeepLearning.AI Data Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Web Scraping, Data Presentation, Data Visualization, Tableau Software, Dashboard, LinkedIn, Pandas (Python Package), Professional Networking, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Large Language Modeling, Spreadsheet Software, Data Visualization Software, Probability & Statistics, Extract, Transform, Load, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Managerial Economics and Business Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Supply And Demand, Market Dynamics, Sampling (Statistics), Financial Policy, Statistical Inference, Business Analytics, International Finance, Economics, Probability Distribution, Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Regression Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Methods, Peer Review, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Banking

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Meta

    Meta Marketing Science Certification Prep

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Descriptive Statistics, Marketing Effectiveness, A/B Testing, Target Audience, Marketing Strategies, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), Data Collection, Statistics, Data Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Business Analytics, Advertising Campaigns, Campaign Management, Marketing, Analytics, Performance marketing, Web Analytics

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    Data Cleaning with Python for Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, Pandas (Python Package), Financial Data, Data Wrangling, Data Transformation, Data Preprocessing, Data Quality, Data Manipulation, Data Validation, Jupyter, Data Integrity, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Import/Export, Descriptive Statistics

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Meta

    Meta Marketing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Descriptive Statistics, Data Visualization, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Marketing Effectiveness, Target Audience, Marketing Strategies, Business Analytics, Analytics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Data Visualization Software, Spreadsheet Software, Pandas (Python Package), A/B Testing, Data Collection, Marketing, Interviewing Skills

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    IBM

    Applied Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Data Wrangling, Data Visualization, Web Scraping, Exploratory Data Analysis, Matplotlib, Pandas (Python Package), Model Evaluation, Plotly, Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Data Presentation, Jupyter, Data Pipelines, Data Science, Interactive Data Visualization, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Machine Learning

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Learn SQL Basics for Data Science: University of California, Davis
  • IBM Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst: IBM
  • IBM Data Science: IBM
  • Data Analysis with Excel Pivot Tables: Coursera
  • IBM Data Analyst: IBM
  • Data Science: Foundations using R: Johns Hopkins University
  • DeepLearning.AI Data Analytics: DeepLearning.AI
  • Managerial Economics and Business Analysis: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Meta Marketing Science Certification Prep: Meta
  • Data Cleaning with Python for Finance: Coursera

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