Overview
As part of our Professional Certificate Program in Data Science, this Data Science - Visualization Certificate in collaboration with Harvard University - HarvardX covers the basics of data visualization and exploratory data analysis.
We will use three motivating examples and ggplot2, a data visualization package for the statistical programming language R. We will start with simple datasets and then graduate to case studies about world health, economics, and infectious disease trends in the United States.
Key facts
We’ll also be looking at how mistakes, biases, systematic errors, and other unexpected problems often lead to data that should be handled with care. The fact that it can be difficult or impossible to notice a mistake within a dataset makes data visualization particularly important.
The growing availability of informative datasets and software tools has led to increased reliance on data visualizations across many areas. Data visualization provides a powerful way to communicate data-driven findings, motivate analyses, and detect flaws. This course will give you the skills you need to leverage data to reveal valuable insights and advance your career.
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What you'll learn
Data visualization principles
How to communicate data-driven findings
How to use ggplot2 to create custom plots
The weaknesses of several widely-used plots and why you should avoid them
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
- 1 hrs/week
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- Self-paced
Disciplines
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We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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International
219 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 219 USD for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
219 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 219 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
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