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Applied Statistics Courses

Applied statistics courses can help you learn data analysis, hypothesis testing, regression techniques, and experimental design. You can build skills in interpreting data sets, making predictions, and communicating statistical findings effectively. Many courses introduce tools like R, Python, and Excel, that support performing statistical analyses and visualizing data.


Popular Applied Statistics Courses and Certifications


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    Duke University

    Inferenzstatistik

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Reporting, Statistical Analysis, R (Software), Statistics, Data Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Statistical Programming, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Software, R Programming, Sampling (Statistics), Probability Distribution

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Advanced Quantitative Statistics with Excel

    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

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Cape Town

    Doing Clinical Research: Biostatistics with the Wolfram Language

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Software, Plot (Graphics), Statistical Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Statistical Programming, Statistical Reporting, Biostatistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Deep Learning, Mathematical Software, Machine Learning

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    Rice University

    Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions

    Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, 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

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Macquarie University

    Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Intermediate

    Skills you'll gain: Pivot Tables And Charts, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Statistical Inference, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Correlation Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Data Literacy, Spreadsheet Software, Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Regression Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Excel Formulas, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Software

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    21 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Illinois Tech

    Statistical Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Science, Statistical Programming, Statistical Methods, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Regression Analysis, Statistics, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, Supervised Learning, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Logistic Regression

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Leeds

    Exploratory Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Statistical Visualization, Plot (Graphics), Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Statistics, R (Software), Data Analysis, Statistical Software, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, R Programming, Descriptive Statistics, Data Preprocessing, Box Plots, Data Visualization Software, Histogram, Probability, Probability Distribution

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SAS

    Introduction to Statistical Analysis: Hypothesis Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, Correlation Analysis, SAS (Software), Regression Analysis, Statistical Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Software, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), Analysis, Graphical Tools, Predictive Modeling, Model Evaluation

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Applied Data Science Capstone

    Skills you'll gain: Data Wrangling, Data Compilation, Data Collection, Web Scraping, GitHub

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Resampling, Selection and Splines

    Skills you'll gain: Data Science, Model Evaluation, Statistical Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Methods, Regression Analysis, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning Methods, Statistics, Model Optimization, Applied Mathematics

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    University of Washington

    Practical Predictive Analytics: Models and Methods

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Data Science, Machine Learning Methods, Predictive Analytics, Applied Machine Learning, Analytics, Data Analysis, R Programming, Model Optimization, Statistical Methods, Decision Tree Learning, Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning, Statistics, Graph Theory, Classification Algorithms, Network Analysis, Big Data

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Inferential Statistical Analysis with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Jupyter, Analysis, Statistical Programming, Statistical Software, Python Programming

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Inferenzstatistik: Duke University
  • Advanced Quantitative Statistics with Excel: Coursera
  • Doing Clinical Research: Biostatistics with the Wolfram Language: University of Cape Town
  • Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions: Rice University
  • Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Intermediate: Macquarie University
  • Statistical Learning: Illinois Tech
  • Exploratory Data Analysis: University of Leeds
  • Introduction to Statistical Analysis: Hypothesis Testing: SAS
  • Applied Data Science Capstone: IBM
  • Resampling, Selection and Splines: University of Colorado Boulder

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