Tag: online
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Online Data Science Book Club
An online data science book club is being formed. The group will be discussing a collection of books from O’Reilly.
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New Berkeley Online Data Science Degree
The University of California at Berkeley just announced a new masters degree in Information and Data Science (MIDS). The program is targeted to be completed entirely online with the exception of a one week visit to the campus. The program has a approximate cost of $60,000 for the 27 required credits. The curriculum looks good.…
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Coursera Launches Data Analysis Classes
In case you missed the announcement yesterday, Coursera added 12 new universities and over 100 new courses. The exciting part for people learning data science is a new category of courses: Statistics, Data Analysis, and Scientific Computing. None of the courses have started yet. Most are scheduled for this fall or early 2013. The courses…
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Take and Learn Statistics For Free
Last week, Udacity started a course on Introduction to Statistics, Making Decisions Based on Data. This is a beginners level course on statistics, so it should be accessible to everyone. The course consists of seven units, which are intended to last about one week each. Udacity does not enforce any time limits though. Homework problems…
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How To Learn Data Science? Part 2
Yesterday, I posted about some traditional strategies to acquire data science skills. Today, I will post a nontraditional strategy. Internet Based There is hoards of data science information available on the internet for free. With enough personal motivation, a person could learn all the skills necessary for free (or cheap) online. Coursera is probably a…
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Free Online Strata Conference
May Strata 2012 will occur online this year. The cost is zero, and the event is tomorrow (May 16, 2012). The only catch is that you must register first. The entire conference is scheduled to take place in the morning, so the format looks quick. Judging from other Strata videos I have seen, I would…
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edX – Online Education From Harvard And MIT
Just yesterday, MIT and Harvard University announced a new partnership to offer online education. The goal is to increase learning for students on-campus and others throughout the globe. Both schools plan to study the results of edX to better understand how students learn and how technology affects learning. See the official announcement here. EdX Video…
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List of Free Courses Online
Having trouble keeping track of what schools offer what courses for free online? Problem solved! Class Central maintains a updated list of courses from Coursera(Stanford), Udacity, MITx, and others as they become available. Not all of the courses are related to data science, but I still thought it was valuable to share the link. Check…
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Think Stats – An Online Statistics Book For Programmers
Previously I mentioned that online statistics learning resources are not abundant. Well, here is a new online book for learning statistics. It is geared towards programmers, and it looks to be a great fit for people wanting to learn data science. Here is a small excerpt from the Preface: It emphasizes the use of statistics…
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Learning Statistics for Data Science
Statistics – This is a topic that could use some more attention from the online community. I would love to see Stanford (or Coursera) offer a free statistics course online much like the other free courses online. I did find a series of Youtube videos by Daniel Judge, a Professor in the East Los Angeles…