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    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Master of Science in Management

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Marketing, Risk Management, Machine Learning Algorithms, Business Strategy, Financial Auditing, Descriptive Statistics, Process Improvement, Variance Analysis, Generative AI, Financial Market, Strategic Decision-Making, Corporate Tax, Global Marketing, Organizational Change

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • Status: New
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    Packt

    Data Science Foundations: NumPy, Pandas & Visualization

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Visualization, Scatter Plots, Histogram, Data Science, Computer Programming

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    LearnQuest

    Machine Learning Models in Science

    Skills you'll gain: Applied Machine Learning, Data Processing, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Cleansing, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Transformation, Artificial Neural Networks, Random Forest Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Supervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Python Programming

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    12 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Data Science: Statistics and Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Shiny (R Package), Rmarkdown, Regression Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Machine Learning Algorithms, Plotly, Interactive Data Visualization, Probability & Statistics, Data Presentation, Data Visualization, Feature Engineering, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, R Programming, Data Science, Machine Learning, GitHub

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    7.2K reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Preview
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    Ball State University

    Statistical Methods for Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Methods, Probability, Data Science, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Probability Distribution, Statistical Modeling, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), R Programming, Statistical Visualization

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Master of Science in Accounting

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Marketing, Risk Management, Machine Learning Algorithms, Business Strategy, Financial Auditing, Descriptive Statistics, Process Improvement, Variance Analysis, Generative AI, Financial Market, Strategic Decision-Making, Corporate Tax, Global Marketing, Organizational Change

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Corporate Finance Institute

    Data Science & Machine Learning Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Science, Data Analysis, Business Analytics, Data Literacy, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Regression Analysis, Data Modeling, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Statistical Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Storytelling, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Data Cleansing, Exploratory Data Analysis

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
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    F

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Making Science Reproducible - A Capstone Course

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Key Management, YAML

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Data Science Decisions in Time

    Skills you'll gain: Precision Medicine, Game Theory, Reinforcement Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Clinical Trials, Bioinformatics, Data Analysis, Image Analysis, Analytics, Markov Model, Bayesian Statistics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Science, Predictive Analytics, Strategic Decision-Making, Anomaly Detection, Probability Distribution, Cybersecurity, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning Methods

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Coursera Instructor Network

    GenAI for Data Science Teams

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Data Ethics, AI Product Strategy, Data Strategy, Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, Data Quality, Predictive Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Dartmouth College

    Decision-Making: Blending Art & Science

    Skills you'll gain: Decision Making, Strategic Decision-Making, Self-Awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Behavioral Economics, Problem Solving, Leadership Development, Analysis, Goal Setting, Strategic Leadership, Risk Analysis, Cognitive flexibility

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    190 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    IBM

    Data Science with R - Capstone Project

    Skills you'll gain: Shiny (R Package), Data Presentation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Predictive Modeling, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Science, Data Collection, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Manipulation, Dashboard, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, R Programming, Statistical Modeling, Regression Analysis, Ggplot2, Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Predictive Analytics

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    100 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular political science courses

  • Master of Science in Management: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Data Science Foundations: NumPy, Pandas & Visualization: Packt
  • Machine Learning Models in Science: LearnQuest
  • Data Science: Statistics and Machine Learning: Johns Hopkins University
  • Statistical Methods for Data Science: Ball State University
  • Master of Science in Accounting: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Data Science & Machine Learning Fundamentals: Corporate Finance Institute
  • Making Science Reproducible - A Capstone Course: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Data Science Decisions in Time: Johns Hopkins University
  • GenAI for Data Science Teams: Coursera Instructor Network

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