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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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Auditing II: The Practice of Auditing

      Skills you'll gain: Auditing, Internal Controls, Financial Auditing, External Auditing, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, Fraud detection, Internal Auditing, Audit Planning, Audit Working Papers, Financial Controls, Compliance Auditing, Auditors Report, Verification And Validation, Risk Analysis, Business Risk Management, Risk Management, Probability & Statistics, Financial Reporting, Business Process

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      4.7
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      284 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Master of Science in Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, User Story, Real-Time Operating Systems, SQL, Model Based Systems Engineering, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), New Product Development, Sustainable Business, Delegation Skills, Unsupervised Learning, Sampling (Statistics), Supplier Management, Failure Analysis, Accountability, Data Ethics, Data Mining, Sustainability Reporting, Statistical Modeling, Goal Setting, Proposal Writing

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      Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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      Fundação Instituto de Administração

      Data Analysis for Business

      Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Regression Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Strategic Decision-Making, Business Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Science, Probability & Statistics

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      17 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      AI with Python: Apply & Implement ML Models

      Skills you'll gain: Dimensionality Reduction, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Deep Learning, Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Artificial Intelligence, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Jupyter, Feature Engineering, Python Programming, Applied Machine Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Matplotlib, Supervised Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Statistical Analysis

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      Applied Data Science with R

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Database Design, Shiny (R Package), Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Dashboard, Exploratory Data Analysis, Relational Databases, Data Analysis, Ggplot2, Data Presentation, SQL, Plot (Graphics), Databases, Leaflet (Software), Data Manipulation, Web Scraping, R Programming

      4.5
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      1.2K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Northeastern University

      Machine Learning and Data Analytics Part 2

      Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Mining, Artificial Neural Networks, Trend Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Regression Analysis, Unstructured Data, Forecasting, Statistical Analysis, Deep Learning, Data Analysis, Big Data, Predictive Modeling, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Algorithms

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Pennsylvania

      Operations Analytics

      Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Descriptive Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Analytics, Demand Planning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Operational Analysis, Business Operations, Risk Analysis, Forecasting, Operations Management, Simulation and Simulation Software, Process Optimization, Decision Making, Decision Tree Learning, Spreadsheet Software, Microsoft Excel, Probability Distribution

      4.7
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado System

      Customer Data Analytics for Marketers

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Regression Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Ethics, Statistical Analysis, Marketing Effectiveness, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Customer Insights, Customer Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Analytics, Marketing Strategies, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Statistical Modeling

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      10 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Toronto

      Plant Bioinformatic Methods

      Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Network Analysis, Biostatistics, Molecular Biology, Analysis, Biotechnology, Data Visualization Software, Database Software, Data Analysis Software, Health Informatics, Data Analysis, Data Synthesis, Statistical Methods, Data Mining, Medical Science and Research, Exploratory Data Analysis, Technical Communication, Life Sciences, Data Processing, Scientific Visualization

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Northeastern University

      Machine Learning and Data Analytics Part 1

      Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Mining, Dimensionality Reduction, Machine Learning Algorithms, Regression Analysis, Data Science, Big Data, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Statistical Methods, Supervised Learning, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Machine Learning, Data Visualization Software

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Digital Marketing Institute

      Social Media Marketing in Practice

      Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Management, Digital Media Strategy, Facebook, Content Marketing, Instagram, LinkedIn, Digital Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Marketing, Social Media Content, Target Audience, Content Creation, Marketing Strategies, Advertising Campaigns, Digital Content, Digital Advertising, Web Analytics

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Meta

      Introduction to Data Analytics

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Business Metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Data Cleansing, Data Modeling, Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data Validation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Quality, Data Manipulation, Generative AI, Data Collection, Data Management, Marketing

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Auditing II: The Practice of Auditing: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Master of Science in Data Science: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Data Analysis for Business: Fundação Instituto de Administração
    • AI with Python: Apply & Implement ML Models: EDUCBA
    • Applied Data Science with R: IBM
    • Machine Learning and Data Analytics Part 2: Northeastern University
    • Operations Analytics: University of Pennsylvania
    • Customer Data Analytics for Marketers: University of Colorado System
    • Plant Bioinformatic Methods: University of Toronto
    • Machine Learning and Data Analytics Part 1: Northeastern University

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