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    Master descriptive statistics for summarizing and describing data. Learn to use statistical measures, graphs, and tables for data analysis.

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Crisis Management and Crisis Communication Consulting  

      Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Business Consulting, Management Consulting, Leadership, Leadership and Management, Business Leadership, Corporate Communications, Strategic Communication, Business Communication, Trend Analysis

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Microsoft R Programming for Everyone

      Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Version Control, Web Scraping, Regression Analysis, Knitr, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Manipulation, Dimensionality Reduction, Ggplot2, Geospatial Information and Technology, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Plotly, Shiny (R Package), Data Cleansing, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Software Documentation, R Programming, Microsoft Copilot

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of California, Davis

      Hands-on Data Centric Visual AI

      Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Data Cleansing, Computer Vision, Data Validation, Deep Learning, Image Analysis, Feature Engineering, Data Manipulation, Verification And Validation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Applied Machine Learning

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Data Ingestion, Exploration & Visualization in Qlik Sense

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Data Modeling, Dashboard, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Data Import/Export, Data Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Baseball into the Millennium

      Skills you'll gain: Culture, Social Studies, World History, Cultural Diversity, Socioeconomics, Public History, Labor Law, Political Sciences, Trend Analysis, Economics, Business Economics

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Exploratory Data Analysis for the Public Sector with ggplot

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Plot (Graphics), Data Presentation, Ggplot2, R (Software), Statistical Visualization, R Programming, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Graphic and Visual Design, Histogram, Tidyverse (R Package), Public Administration, Trend Analysis, Policy Analysis

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      Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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      11 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Rice University

      Introduction to Archaeology : Archaeology as Science

      Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Ancient History, Scientific Methods, World History, Anthropology, General Science and Research, Environment, Spatial Analysis, Research, Culture, Geospatial Information and Technology, Data Collection, Biology

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Data Manipulation with dplyr in R

      Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, Data Analysis, R Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Meta

      Prepare for the Meta Marketing Science Certification Exam

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Analytics, Marketing, Data Analysis, Resource Utilization, Marketing Effectiveness, Registration, Statistical Methods, Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Data Scientists

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Data Quality, Data Strategy, Applied Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      의사 결정을 위한 비즈니스 분석

      Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Risk Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Decision Making, Trend Analysis, Process Optimization, Simulation and Simulation Software, Market Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Unsupervised Learning

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Virginia

      L'analyse marketing

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Marketing Effectiveness, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Customer Analysis, Brand Management, Web Analytics, Analytics, Regression Analysis, Return On Investment, Consumer Behaviour, A/B Testing

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular descriptive statistics courses

    • Crisis Management and Crisis Communication Consulting  : University of Colorado Boulder
    • Microsoft R Programming for Everyone: Microsoft
    • Hands-on Data Centric Visual AI: University of California, Davis
    • Data Ingestion, Exploration & Visualization in Qlik Sense: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Baseball into the Millennium: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Exploratory Data Analysis for the Public Sector with ggplot: University of Michigan
    • Introduction to Archaeology : Archaeology as Science: Rice University
    • Data Manipulation with dplyr in R: Coursera Project Network
    • Prepare for the Meta Marketing Science Certification Exam: Meta
    • GenAI for Data Scientists: Coursera Instructor Network

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