Gain the practical Python skills that will help you land your first job as a data analyst — or help you grow your career by adding one of the most popular programming languages to your CV. By the end, you’ll be able to manage the entire analysis process from preparing data to presenting insights through data visualization.
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Senior Data ScientistPath overview
In this path, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Python, as well as how to prepare and extract data by querying databases with SQL, how to create insightful data visualization, and how to perform descriptive and predictive statistical analysis.
Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll write code and get feedback directly in the browser. You’ll apply your skills to several guided projects involving realistic business scenarios to build your portfolio and prepare for your next interview.
Key skills
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Programming with Python to perform complex statistical analysis of large datasets
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Performing SQL queries and web-scraping to explore and extract data from databases and websites
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Performing efficient data analysis from start to finish
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Building insightful data visualizations to tell stories
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