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.

Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Visualization, Business Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Spreadsheet Software, Data Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Case Studies, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Probability & Statistics, Variance Analysis, Data Manipulation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, A/B Testing, Quantitative Research, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Customer Analysis, Statistical Methods, Market Research, Statistical Software, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Reporting, Business Analytics, Market Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Customer Insights, Statistical Inference, Analytics, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis Software, Spreadsheet Software
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Probability, Box Plots, Histogram, Probability Distribution, Probability & Statistics, Scatter Plots, Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Spreadsheet Software, Bayesian Statistics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Data-Driven Decision-Making, Minitab, Regression Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Case Studies, Business Analytics, Data Visualization, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Analytics, Estimation, Statistical Visualization, Probability & Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Descriptive Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Data Literacy
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Network Analysis, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Combinatorics, Bayesian Network, Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Programming, Data Analysis, R (Software), Probability, Statistics, Probability Distribution, Probability & Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Social Network Analysis, Simulations
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

IIMA - IIM Ahmedabad
Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Data Visualization, Probability, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistics, Data Literacy, Statistical Visualization, Probability Distribution, Data Presentation, Statistical Methods, Data Collection, Statistical Inference, Estimation, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Sample Size Determination, Data Analysis, Data Science
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Plot (Graphics), Statistical Methods, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Data Import/Export, Pareto Chart, Histogram, Statistical Programming, Descriptive Analytics, Statistical Analysis, R (Software), Box Plots, R Programming, Data Synthesis, Probability Distribution, Probability & Statistics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistics, Data Science
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Business Analytics, Statistical Methods, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Modeling, Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Statistical Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Box Plots, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Inference, Correlation Analysis, Decision Making, Variance Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Sage Publications
Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Stata, STATA (Software), Forecasting, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Programming, Data Transformation, Statistical Reporting, Statistical Software, Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Model Evaluation, Dimensionality Reduction, Structural Analysis, Computer Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Probability, Probability & Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Probability Distribution, Statistics, Data Science, Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, General Mathematics, Algebra
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Minitab, Data Visualization, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Software, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Minitab, Process Capability, Statistical Process Controls, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Business Analytics, Statistics, Sampling (Statistics), Process Analysis, Statistical Software, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Analytical Skills, Plot (Graphics), Statistical Methods, Case Studies, Statistical Visualization
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months