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: Biostatistics, Histogram, Box Plots, Statistical Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Probability Distribution, Statistics, Public Health
★ 4.8 (2.1K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Sage Publications
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Reporting, SPSS, Data Visualization, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Regression Analysis, Research Reports, Report Writing, Histogram, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Data Entry, Data Visualization Software, Scatter Plots, Research, Statistical Inference, Data Analysis, International Relations, IBM Cloud
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Predictive Modeling, Analysis, Scatter Plots, Model Evaluation, Estimation, Sampling (Statistics)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Sage Publications
Skills you'll gain: Research Design, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Research, Statistical Methods, Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Correlation Analysis, Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Analysis, Sample Size Determination, Regression Analysis, Psychology, Data Collection, Statistical Reporting, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Model Evaluation, Descriptive Statistics
Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Sage Publications
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Reporting, Regression Analysis, Research Reports, Report Writing, Statistical Inference, SPSS, Data Presentation, Quantitative Research, Statistical Methods, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Logistic Regression, Political Sciences, Research, SPSS (Software), Data Visualization, International Relations, Model Evaluation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Sampling (Statistics), Excel Formulas, Spreadsheet Software, Box Plots, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Financial Forecasting, Probability Distribution, Descriptive Analytics, Variance Analysis, Predictive Modeling
★ 4.6 (145) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Statistical Programming, Data Literacy, Descriptive Statistics, Probability Distribution, R Programming, Critical Thinking, Data Visualization
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Regression Analysis, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Graphing, Spreadsheet Software, Probability Distribution, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Excel Formulas, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Model Evaluation, Statistical Methods, Sample Size Determination
★ 4.7 (13K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Sample Size Determination, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Spreadsheet Software, Excel Formulas, Sampling (Statistics), Data-Driven Decision-Making, Box Plots, Probability Distribution, Descriptive Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Variance Analysis
★ 4.7 (97) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Data Visualization, Matplotlib, Statistical Visualization, Probability & Statistics, Model Evaluation, Statistical Programming, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Python Programming
★ 4.6 (3.4K) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Linear Algebra, Statistics, Probability, R Programming, Biostatistics, Data Analysis, Data Science, Probability Distribution, Derivatives
★ 4.4 (801) · Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Imperial College London
Skills you'll gain: Logistic Regression, Correlation Analysis, Regression Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, R (Software), Data Analysis, R Programming, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Software, Statistical Modeling, Model Evaluation, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Software, Data Wrangling, Statistics, Public Health, Statistical Inference
★ 4.7 (2.1K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months