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Descriptive Statistics Courses

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.


Popular Descriptive Statistics Courses and Certifications


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    Coursera

    Statistical Tests for Market Research

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, A/B Testing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Customer Analysis, Statistical Methods, Market Research, Statistical Analysis, Business Analytics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis Software, Spreadsheet Software

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Statistical and Predictive Modeling for Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Financial Data, Regression Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Financial Analysis, Decision Tree Learning, Credit Risk, Predictive Modeling, Portfolio Management, Statistics, Portfolio Risk, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Model Evaluation, Supervised Learning

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Analyze Data Using Essential Statistics for Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Box Plots, Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Data Visualization Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, Histogram, R Programming, Scatter Plots, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Excel

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Survey Samples: Size and Methods

    Skills you'll gain: Sample Size Determination, Sampling (Statistics), Survey Creation, Quantitative Research, Research Design, Business Research, Data Collection, Statistical Methods, Statistics, Decision Making, Probability & Statistics

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    American Psychological Association

    Data Exploration in Psychology

    Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Software, Data Visualization, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Descriptive Statistics, Histogram, Data Analysis, Box Plots, Exploratory Data Analysis, Graphing, Data Visualization Software, Data Literacy, Probability & Statistics, Quantitative Research, Variance Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Statistics, Social Sciences

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Apply Advanced Statistical Modeling Using SPSS

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Analytics, SPSS, Logistic Regression, SPSS (Software), Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Storytelling, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Visualization, Scatter Plots, Probability & Statistics, Data Preprocessing, Data Visualization Software

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Statistical Analysis Fundamentals using Excel

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Forecasting, Probability Distribution, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Microsoft Excel, Statistics, Predictive Modeling, Probability

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Minitab Applied Statistics & Hypothesis Testing Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Minitab, Process Capability, Statistical Process Controls, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Business Analytics, Sampling (Statistics), Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, Performance Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Inference, Case Studies, Statistical Visualization, Quality Control, Statistical Modeling

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Statistics and Applied Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, Probability, Probability Distribution, Sampling (Statistics), Box Plots, Histogram, R Programming, Statistical Methods, Scatter Plots, Microsoft Excel, Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Data Import/Export, Data Analysis

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Imperial College London

    Statistical Analysis with R for Public Health

    Skills you'll gain: Logistic Regression, Analytical Skills, Correlation Analysis, Regression Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Literacy, Data Analysis, R Programming, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Biostatistics, Model Evaluation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, R (Software), Statistics, Statistical Methods, Data Wrangling, Public Health

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Apply Statistical Data Analysis with Minitab

    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, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Analytics, Estimation, Statistical Visualization, Probability & Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Statistics, Analytical Skills

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Statistics for Data Science with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Data Visualization, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability Distribution, Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Science, Statistical Programming, Data Visualization Software, Probability & Statistics, Jupyter, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Matplotlib, Pandas (Python Package)

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Statistical Tests for Market Research: Coursera
  • Statistical and Predictive Modeling for Finance : Coursera
  • Analyze Data Using Essential Statistics for Analytics: EDUCBA
  • Survey Samples: Size and Methods: Coursera
  • Data Exploration in Psychology: American Psychological Association
  • Apply Advanced Statistical Modeling Using SPSS : EDUCBA
  • Statistical Analysis Fundamentals using Excel: IBM
  • Minitab Applied Statistics & Hypothesis Testing Mastery: EDUCBA
  • Statistics and Applied Data Analysis: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Statistical Analysis with R for Public Health: Imperial College London

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