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Understanding Data Topics

Learn to understand data and why it’s so important in today’s world. You’ll also gain the fundamental data skills you need to speak the language of data. There are no prior knowledge or coding skills required for this track. Instead, you’ll learn how to understand and interpret data through hands-on exercises, whether it’s through a bar plot on the news or as a visualization shared during a work meeting. As you progress through the five courses on this track, you’ll expand your knowledge of key data topics, including data science, machine learning, data visualization, data engineering, and cloud computing. You'll also learn about the many roles, technologies, and frameworks used in data science. By the time you finish, you’ll have a greater data understanding, as well as the basic data skills you need to confidently interpret data and incorporate it into your daily life.

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Understanding Data Science

An introduction to data science with no coding involved.

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