ITI 340 - Data Analysis Boot Camp
Registration Option: Open Enrollment
Total Course Hours: 60
Materials: You must purchase Textbook(s)/ materials and bring them to the first class
Description
This Data Analysis Bootcamp takes the student from data novice to data expert in this 60-hour project-based course. You will learn and apply basic data analysis tools including data mining and visualization. Learn Python including its advanced data analysis tools. This boot camp is designed to help you whether you are considering a career in data, work in a context where supervisors are looking to you for data insights, or you just have some burning questions you want to explore. No prior experience is required. By the end you will have mastered statistical methods to conduct original research to inform complex decisions.
Prerequisites
Computer Basics, File Management Skills, Working with Windows, or equivalent experience. Knowledge of MS Excel, statistical concepts, and programming recommended.
Objectives
At the end of this course students will know how to:
- Understand where data comes from, how to find it, and the different types available
- Learn how to identify missing observations in a data table and how to handle missing observations using various techniques
- Apply statistics methods to analyze data
- Create charts, graphs, and other methods to visualize data tables
- Gain an understanding on how to formulate a hypothesis and interpret results
- Understand the importance of reproducibility
- Perform cutting edge data analysis techniques in Python
- Extract information from websites by using Python
- Clean and explore data with Python
- Create basic visualizations with Python
- Create interactive web visualizations with Tableau