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Microsoft R Programming for Everyone Professional Certificate

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Microsoft R Programming for Everyone Professional Certificate

Build R Programming Skills with Microsoft Tools. Go from a beginner to a confident R programmer, using Microsoft's powerful ecosystem and AI tools.

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Instructor: Microsoft

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Learn and apply fundamental R programming concepts and syntax using Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

  • Import, manipulate, and export data using R with Microsoft integration.

  • Conduct and interpret basic and advanced statistical analyses and create professional-grade data visualizations and reports in R.

  • Utilize generative AI tools to streamline and enhance coding and data analysis tasks.

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June 2025

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What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Program Development
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Development Environment
Category: Microsoft Visual Studio
Category: Debugging
Category: Version Control
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Statistical Programming

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Wrangling
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Text Mining
Category: Tidyverse (R Package)
Category: Data Quality
Category: R Programming
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Validation

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Correlation Analysis
Category: Rmarkdown
Category: Ggplot2
Category: Scatter Plots
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Dimensionality Reduction
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Plotly
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Tidyverse (R Package)
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Generative AI
Category: Statistical Visualization
Category: R Programming
Category: Knitr

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: R Programming
Category: Regression Analysis
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Statistical Inference
Category: Power BI
Category: Forecasting
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Statistics
Category: Probability & Statistics
Category: Generative AI
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Descriptive Statistics

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Rmarkdown
Category: Geospatial Information and Technology
Category: Data Collection
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Data Integration
Category: Web Scraping
Category: Microsoft Azure
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Analytics
Category: Geospatial Mapping
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: R Programming
Category: Data Analysis

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