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    IIT Roorkee

    Executive MBA

    Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, FinTech, Capital Budgeting, Supply Chain, Integrated Marketing Communications, Brand Management, Business Marketing, Sales Process, Business Valuation, Innovation, Succession Planning, Management Accounting, Statistical Process Controls, Product Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing Management, Revenue Management, Sampling (Statistics), Production Schedule

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Certificado en Bases de la Salud Pública

    Skills you'll gain: Epidemiology, Diagnostic Tests, Social Determinants Of Health, Biostatistics, Health Systems, Health Equity, Healthcare Ethics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Public Health, Scientific Methods, Health Policy, Chronic Diseases, Community Health, Research Design, Infectious Diseases, Health Promotion, Probability, Preventative Care, Research Methodologies

    Credit offered

    Mastertrack · 6 - 12 Months

  • U

    Universidad de los Andes

    Maestría en Inteligencia Artificial

    Skills you'll gain: Real-Time Operating Systems, Semantic Web, Supervised Learning, LangChain, Unsupervised Learning, Cloud-Native Computing, Reinforcement Learning, Continuous Deployment, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Biomedical Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Cost Management, Artificial Intelligence, Game Theory, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Probability & Statistics, Machine Learning Methods, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • O

    O.P. Jindal Global University

    M.A. Public Policy

    Skills you'll gain: Econometrics, Surveys, Environmental Laws, Sampling (Statistics), Social Sciences, Research Reports, Social Determinants Of Health, Matplotlib, Public Policies, Research Methodologies, Political Sciences, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Economic Development, Policy Analysis, Diplomacy, International Relations, Economics, Complex Problem Solving, Immigration Law, Case Studies

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Semiconductor Photonics Graduate Certificate

    Skills you'll gain: Semiconductors, Control Systems, Power Electronics, Display Devices, Computer Displays, Electronic Components, Systems Design, Electronic Systems, Technical Design, Electric Power Systems, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power, Materials science, Electronics Engineering, Basic Electrical Systems, Engineering Calculations, Image Quality, Electronics, Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments, System Requirements

    Credit offered

    Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

  • U

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Master of Computer Science (feat. Data Science Track)

    Skills you'll gain:

    Earn a degree

    Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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    Corporate Finance Institute

    Fundamentals of Data Analysis in Excel

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables And Charts, Spreadsheet Software, Dashboard, Data Transformation, Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Data Manipulation, Business Intelligence, Data Cleansing

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    69 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Fundamentals of Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Surveys, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Analysis, Demography, Public Administration, Policy Analysis, Public Policies, R Programming, Statistical Programming, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    50 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Macquarie University

    Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Excel Formulas, Microsoft Excel, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Spreadsheet Software, Data Transformation, Data Validation, Data Analysis, Pivot Tables And Charts, Automation

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    4.2K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Simple Linear Regression for the Absolute Beginner

    Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Regression Analysis, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Feature Engineering, Data Cleansing, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Python Programming

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    64 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Executive MBA: IIT Roorkee
  • Certificado en Bases de la Salud Pública: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Maestría en Inteligencia Artificial: Universidad de los Andes
  • M.A. Public Policy: O.P. Jindal Global University
  • Semiconductor Photonics Graduate Certificate: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Master of Computer Science (feat. Data Science Track): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Fundamentals of Data Analysis in Excel: Corporate Finance Institute
  • Fundamentals of Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R: University of Michigan
  • Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis: Macquarie University
  • Simple Linear Regression for the Absolute Beginner: Coursera Project Network

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