Johns Hopkins University

Data Science in Real Life

Brian Caffo, PhD
Jeff Leek, PhD
Roger D. Peng, PhD

Instructors: Brian Caffo, PhD

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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7 hours to complete
3 weeks at 2 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.5

(2,360 reviews)

7 hours to complete
3 weeks at 2 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
92%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Identify strengths and weaknesses in experimental designs

  • Learn novel solutions for managing data pulls

  • Describe common pitfalls in communicating data analyses

  • Understand a typical day in the life of a data analysis manager

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Assessments

6 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Executive Data Science Specialization
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There is 1 module in this course

This course is one module, intended to be taken in one week. Please do the course roughly in the order presented. Each lecture has reading and videos. Except for the introductory lecture, every lecture has a 5 question quiz; get 4 out of 5 or better on the quiz.

What's included

22 videos10 readings6 assignments

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4.6 (143 ratings)
Brian Caffo, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
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