The Analytics Edge
Topic
Advanced Analytics
Subtopic
Data Science
Cost: Free or Options
Duration: 160 Hour(s)
Certification Available: Yes
Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Concepts: descriptive statistics, scatterports. Prior programming helpful but not necessary.
Administered By: edX/MIT
Description
Data is transforming business, social interactions, and the future of our society. In this course, you will learn how to use data and analytics to give an edge to your career and your life. We will examine real world examples of how analytics have been used to significantly improve a business or industry. These examples include Moneyball, eHarmony, the Framingham Heart Study, Twitter, IBM Watson, and Netflix.
What You'll Learn
We will teach you linear regression, logistic regression, trees, text analytics, clustering, visualization, and optimization. We will be using the statistical software R to build models and work with data.