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.

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Data Science, Version Control, R (Software), Big Data, R Programming, Data Visualization Software, General Science and Research, GitHub, Statistical Programming, Git (Version Control System), Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Integrated Development Environments, Software Installation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Demography, International Relations, Political Sciences, Market Trend, Socioeconomics, Trend Analysis, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, World History, Social Sciences, Cultural Diversity, Sociology, Financial Systems, Economics, Business, Governance
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dimensionality Reduction, OpenAI, Application Development, Exploratory Data Analysis, Application Programming Interface (API), Text Mining, Python Programming, Data Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Data Manipulation
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Content Performance Analysis, Social Media Content, Marketing Analytics, Social Media Marketing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Social Media, Analytics, Social Media Strategy, Driving engagement, Trend Analysis, Data Analysis, Performance Analysis, Performance Metric
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Seaborn, Plot (Graphics), Matplotlib, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Visualization, Data Storytelling, Scatter Plots, Pandas (Python Package)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Box Plots, E-Commerce, Business Analytics, Data Visualization Software, Data Processing, Histogram, Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Software Installation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Interactive Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Presentation, Kibana, Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, Trend Analysis, Retail Sales, Data Import/Export, System Configuration
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Online Advertising, Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, Digital Advertising, Social Media, Social Media Campaigns, Web Analytics, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Supervised Learning, R Programming, Applied Machine Learning, R (Software), Tidyverse (R Package), Machine Learning, Data Science, Ggplot2, Exploratory Data Analysis, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Feature Engineering, Random Forest Algorithm, Data Processing, Statistical Programming, Predictive Modeling, Data Manipulation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Digital Advertising, Content Performance Analysis, Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Web Analytics, Campaign Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Strategies, Facebook, Web Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Social Media Marketing, Online Advertising, Business Marketing, Target Audience, Digital Marketing, Business Communication
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Trend Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Regression Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Business Analytics, Analytics, Statistical Modeling, Case Studies, Algorithms
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks