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Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization

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Descriptive Statistics and Data Visualization

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Explore data with Python; compute descriptive stats and frequency distributions

  • Choose the right chart and build exploratory visuals for specific questions

  • Create Tableau comparisons to track KPIs vs targets and across segments

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July 2026

Assessments

16 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

Start here to learn how this skill-based course works and find your recommended starting point. You’ll take a short, ungraded diagnostic to check your current skills, then decide whether to go directly to the graded skill assessments or review targeted learning content first.

What's included

1 reading3 assignments

Use this module to build the skills for the job task Explore and Summarize Data with Code. You'll learn how to apply measures of central tendency and dispersion to summarize numeric variables, build visualizations in Python for statistical exploration, and apply frequency analysis to summarize the distribution of categorical data. Review the lessons that match the skills you want to strengthen before completing the related graded assessment.

What's included

9 videos6 readings7 assignments

Use this module to build the skills for the job task Identify and Build Targeted Visualizations. You'll learn how to identify the appropriate chart type for a given analytical purpose, and how to build comparison visualizations in Tableau that compare a performance metric against targets or across business segments. Review the lessons that match the skills you want to strengthen before completing the related graded assessment.

What's included

6 videos4 readings6 assignments5 ungraded labs

Review the skills you practiced and demonstrated in this course, then prepare to describe them in career-relevant ways. You’ll also explore recommended skill paths that can help you continue building related job-ready skills.

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