Data collection courses can help you learn survey design, sampling techniques, data cleaning, and statistical analysis. You can build skills in qualitative and quantitative research methods, data visualization, and ethical considerations in data handling. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for data manipulation, R for statistical analysis, and software like Qualtrics for survey creation, showing how these skills are applied in real-world research settings.

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis Software, STATA (Software), Data Integration, Data Ethics, Stata, R Programming, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Modeling, Descriptive Statistics, Regression Analysis, Logistic Regression, Informed Consent
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Data Import/Export, Data Analysis, Analytics, Google Cloud Platform, Query Languages, Cloud Computing
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, Data Transformation, Alteryx, Data Manipulation, Data Import/Export, Data Preprocessing, Workflow Management, Data Literacy, Project Schedules, Data Visualization, Scheduling, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Automation, Exploratory Data Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Data Pipelines, Data Transformation, Data Quality, Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Data Import/Export, Extract, Transform, Load, Exploratory Data Analysis, Big Data, Google Analytics
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Cleansing, Power BI, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Data Validation, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data Import/Export, Data Storage
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Feedback, Project Scoping, Data Presentation, Analysis, Data Analysis, Mobile Banking, Data Collection
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Management, Cloud Computing, Data Lakes, Metadata Management, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Personally Identifiable Information
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Web Scraping, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Integration, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Relational Databases, Google Sheets, Unstructured Data, R Programming, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Spreadsheet Software, Databases, SQL, Application Programming Interface (API)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Sheets, Data Sharing, Google Cloud Platform, Spreadsheet Software, Big Data, Data Import/Export, Data Analysis, Real Time Data, Cloud Computing
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Data Loss Prevention, Personally Identifiable Information, Information Privacy, JSON, Data Security, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Data Cleansing, Cloud Storage
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Data Integration, Data Collection, Data Preprocessing, Data Validation, Data Cleansing, Data Quality, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Data Pipelines, Pivot Tables And Charts, Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization, Statistical Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Data Mining, Dimensionality Reduction
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Pandas (Python Package), Plot (Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Scatter Plots, Data Analysis, Box Plots, Python Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours