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 Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Bayesian Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Jupyter, Python Programming, Matplotlib, NumPy
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Regression Analysis, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Predictive Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Mathematical Modeling, Probability & Statistics, Data Validation, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Probability
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Google Sheets, Data Visualization, Spreadsheet Software, Data Presentation, Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Business Analytics, Productivity Software, Business Analysis, Data Manipulation, Descriptive Statistics, Analysis, Statistics, Excel Formulas, Data Cleansing, Mathematical Software
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Probability Distribution, Statistical Analysis, R Programming, Data Import/Export, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Plot (Graphics), Statistics, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Data Structures
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Visualization, Statistical Inference, Data Visualization Software, Correlation Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Probability & Statistics, Regression Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Forecasting, Variance Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Probability, Statistical Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Correlation Analysis, Reliability
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Probability & Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Analysis, Probability Distribution, Descriptive Statistics, Artificial Intelligence
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Methods, Microsoft Excel, Probability & Statistics, Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Probability Distribution
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Science, Statistical Programming, R Programming, Statistical Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, Dimensionality Reduction, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Sampling (Statistics), Regression Analysis, Statistical Inference, Predictive Modeling, Statistics
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Modeling, Statistical Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Data Science, R Programming, Probability & Statistics, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Applied Machine Learning
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Methods, Probability, Data Science, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Probability Distribution, Statistical Modeling, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), R Programming, Statistical Visualization
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Data Visualization, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Probability Distribution, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), Large Language Modeling, LLM Application
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks