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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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    Imperial College London

    Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health

    Skills you'll gain: Analytical Skills, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Literacy, R (Software), Data Analysis, R Programming, Statistics, Public Health, Statistical Inference, Descriptive Statistics, Probability Distribution, Data Import/Export

    4.7
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of London

    Probability and Statistics: To p or not to p?

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis, Probability, Risk Modeling, Statistical Inference, Data Visualization Software, Mathematical Modeling

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Data – What It Is, What We Can Do With It

    Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Research Design, Descriptive Statistics, Analytics, Analysis, Statistics, Quantitative Research, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    180 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Statistics for Data Science with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability Distribution, Statistics, Data Visualization, Statistical Methods, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Scientific Visualization, Data Science, Matplotlib, Exploratory Data Analysis, Probability, Correlation Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Jupyter

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    448 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Statistical Methods for Computer Science

    Skills you'll gain: Network Analysis, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Combinatorics, Bayesian Network, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Analysis, R (Software), Probability, Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Bayesian Statistics, Social Network Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Probability Distribution, Simulations, Data Science

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Data Analysis with Minitab: Analyze & Apply

    Skills you'll gain: Minitab, Data Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Statistical Analysis and Advanced Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, R Programming, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Methods, Predictive Modeling, Generative AI, Statistical Inference, Forecasting, Descriptive Statistics, Power BI

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Statistics & Mathematics for Data Science & Data Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, Analytics, Statistical Methods, Probability, Data Science, Statistical Modeling, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Predictive Analytics, Applied Machine Learning, Correlation Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel, Part 1

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Probability, Box Plots, Histogram, Probability Distribution, Probability & Statistics, Scatter Plots, Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Data Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    36 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Statistical Modeling for Data Science Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, R Programming, Data Ethics, Research Design, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling, Predictive Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Probability & Statistics, Data Science, Quantitative Research, Machine Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Linear Algebra, Probability Distribution

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    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Calculating Descriptive Statistics in R

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Quantitative Research, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistics, Data Science

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Macquarie University

    Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Excel, Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Business Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Analytics, Data Visualization, Statistical Methods, Advanced Analytics, Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling, Variance Analysis

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    12 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health: Imperial College London
  • Probability and Statistics: To p or not to p?: University of London
  • Data – What It Is, What We Can Do With It: Johns Hopkins University
  • Statistics for Data Science with Python: IBM
  • Statistical Methods for Computer Science: Johns Hopkins University
  • Data Analysis with Minitab: Analyze & Apply: EDUCBA
  • Statistical Analysis and Advanced Techniques: Microsoft
  • Statistics & Mathematics for Data Science & Data Analytics: Packt
  • Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel, Part 1: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Statistical Modeling for Data Science Applications: University of Colorado Boulder

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