Data to Insight: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualisation
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Duration 8 weeks
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Weekly study 3 hours
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Learn Free
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Why join the course?
Data is everywhere and the lessons it contains can be the key to making good decisions.
Gain the skills and confidence to dive into data using computer software and start making discoveries.
You’ll learn key elements of data science so that you can start thinking like a statistician.
What topics will you cover?
- Data and its organisation
- Basic statistics
- Making discoveries working with several variables simultaneously
- Sources of error and misconception
- Confidence intervals
- Statistical tests via randomisation
- Seasonal decomposition and forecasting
When would you like to start?
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
Who is the course for?
This course is suited to those new to these areas and those wanting a reminder and fresh perspectives. You will need to be comfortable thinking in terms of percentages and have a level of comfort with using computers.
What software or tools do you need?
We use free software. Parallel threads enable you to choose between using online software that requires only an internet connection and browser, installed “point-and-click” software, or learning to code in R.
What do people say about this course?
Thank you for this course, I have learned a lot. I found the blend of developing in depth understanding of theory and usable practical visualisation tools and methods really good. I'll certainly be using some of the techniques in my work, and the understanding that has been developed will be invaluable. Thanks again!
Oliver Quinlan
Thanks very much to the team for this course. It's taken me a while to get round to completing, but I've already been using the skills (and Insight!) in my job and this has inspired me to think about going on to study statistics further.
Rosie Storarr
Who will you learn with?
Chris Wild
Lead educator for “Data to Insight”, Chris Wild’s interests are data from complex sampling, statistical thinking and reasoning processes, and visualisation
See: https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~wild
Tracey Meek
I helped design the Data to Insight Course and am passionate about accessibility to quality education for all.
Mike Forster
I am a Professional Teaching Fellow in the Department of Statistics at The University of Auckland. My main areas of interest are Data Analysis and Applied Time Series Analysis.
Who developed the course?
The University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading university and the only one included in the Times Higher Education top 200.
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