Fractal Analytics
Fractal Data Science Professional Certificate
Fractal Analytics

Fractal Data Science Professional Certificate

Launch your career in data science. Build job-ready skills and hands-on experience for an in demand career in as little as 5 months. No degree or prior experience required.

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Analytics Vidhya
Fractal Analytics

Instructors: Analytics Vidhya

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

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4.7

(67 reviews)

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5 months at 10 hours a week
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What you'll learn

  • Apply structured problem-solving techniques to dissect and address complex data-related challenges encountered in real-world scenarios.

  • Utilize SQL proficiency to retrieve, manipulate data and employ data visualization skills using Power BI to communicate insights.

  • Apply Python expertise for data manipulation, analysis and implement machine learning algorithms to create predictive models for applications.

  • Create compelling data stories to influence your audience and master the art of critically analyzing data while making decisions and recommendations.

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

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4.7

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Beginner level

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5 months at 10 hours a week
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Earn degree credit

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

Structured Approach to Problem Solving

Course 112 hours4.8 (48 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the lifecycle of DS project and role of structured thinking in DS project.

  • Define a problem statement using the SMART framework. Explain the activities, best practices, and pitfalls in the implementation phase.

  • Construct MECE issue tree to break-down business problems into parts. Create a problem statement worksheet to scope business problems.

  • Explain the role of human centered design during solutioning of business problems.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data cleaning and preprocessing
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Feature Engineering
Category: Data transformation
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis

Data Analysis Using SQL

Course 218 hours4.5 (15 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Extract relevant data from the database in a time efficient manner

  • Build powerful SQL queries to derive insights

  • Analyse and manage large datasets, and derive inferences from complex relational database

  • Enable students to create and modify databases for relevant business problems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Decision-Making
Category: Communication
Category: Awareness of cognitive biases

Insights of Power BI

Course 314 hours4.5 (17 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Select and use relevant charts for appropriate data problems

  • Use PowerBI to connect with data belonging to diverse formats

  • Communicate key insights from business problem using Reports and Dashboards

  • Create advanced visualization on Power BI using DAX

Skills you'll gain

Category: Logistic Regression
Category: Unsupervised Learning
Category: Data Pre-Processing
Category: Linear Regression
Category: Decision Tree

Python for Data Science

Course 436 hours4.5 (26 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the significance of Python in data science and its real-world applications.

  • Apply Python to manipulate and analyze diverse data sources, using Pandas and relevant data types

  • Create informative data visualizations and draw insights from data distributions and feature relationships

  • Develop a comprehensive data preparation workflow for machine learning, including data rescaling and feature engineering

Skills you'll gain

Category: Storytelling
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Stories

Human Decision Making and its Biases

Course 514 hours5.0 (27 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain how humans behave when given data to calculate results

  • Demonstrate  how perceptions, prejudices and biases affect human decision making

  • Illustrate that human decision making is challenging and humans need help to make better decisions

  • Summarize how humans can collaborate effectively with AI, overcoming their biases, perceptions and prejudices

Skills you'll gain

Category: Critical Thinking
Category: structured thinking
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Human Centric Design
Category: problem statement

What you'll learn

  • Construct Machine Learning models using the various steps of a typical Machine Learning Workflow

  • Apply appropriate metrics for various business problems to assess the performance of Machine Learning models

  • Develop regression and tree based Machine learning  Models to make predictions on relevant business problems

  • Analyze  business problems where unsupervised Machine Learning models  could be used to derive value from data

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mysql Workbench
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Relational Database
Category: SQL

What you'll learn

  • Employ regularization techniques for enhanced model performance and robustness.

  • Leverage ensemble methods, such as bagging and boosting, to improve predictive accuracy.

  • Implement hyperparameter tuning and feature engineering to refine models for real-world challenges.

  • Combine diverse models for superior predictions, expanding your predictive toolkit.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Model
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: power bi
Category: Dashboard Creation

Data Storytelling

Course 812 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the importance of Data Storytelling in communicating insights and facilitating decision making

  • Apply various visualization techniques to create a compelling data story

  • Apply various techniques to craft a compelling narrative for a data story

  • Create a captivating  data story by integrating relevant data, clear visualization and a compelling narrative 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Bagging and Boosting Algorithms
Category: Model Selection
Category: Regularization
Category: hyperparameter tuning

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Analytics Vidhya
Fractal Analytics
4 Courses2,674 learners
Fractal Analytics
Fractal Analytics
10 Courses29,306 learners

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