Computing for Data Analysis

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Overview

Computing for Data Analysis

Course Description

This course is your hands-on introduction to programming techniques relevant to data analysis and machine learning. Most of the programming exercises will be based on Python and SQL.

Course Content

The current course content is available on the edX registration page.

Requirements & Materials
Prerequisites

Recommended

You should have at least an undergraduate-level understanding in the following topics:

  • Programming proficiency in Python or similar language
  • Basic calculus
  • Probability and statistics
  • Linear algebra

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for those who are familiar with basic programming ideas at the level of the Python boot camp.

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What You Will Learn

  • Basic programming techniques of data analysis
  • Basic programming techniques of machine learning
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How You Will Benefit

  • Build the basic components of a data analysis pipeline "from scratch."
  • Learn elementary data processing algorithms, notions of program correctness and efficiency, and numerical methods for linear algebra and mathemtical optimization.
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