What you will learn
- How to read and write Python code.
- Functions, arguments, and return values; variables and types; conditionals and Boolean expressions; and loops.
- Basic problem-solving mechanism using probability and statistics.
- An ability to recognize common fallacies in probability, as well as some of the ways in which statistics are abused or simply misunderstood.
- Applications of Python programming for data science, using popular libraries such as Pandas, numPy, matplotlib, and SKLearn.
- How Python serves as a foundation for machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Program Overview
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3 skill-building courses
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6 months
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Discounted price: $672.30
Pre-discounted price: $747USD
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Courses in this program
HarvardX's Learning Python for Data Science Professional Certificate
- CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python
- Fat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
- Introduction to Data Science with Python
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