Course Code: DS0110EN
Audience: Policy makers and working professionals who are new to data science, open data and R
Course Level: Beginner
Time to Complete: 3 hours
Learning Path: Data Science Foundations
This course is for policymakers and working professionals who are new to data science, open data, and the R programming language. Learn common buzzwords and jargons used in Data Science and work through with hands-on experience at labs visualizing and analyzing Open Data from the National Energy Board of Canada.
The minimum passing mark for the course is 70%, with the review questions worth 40% and the final exam worth 60% of the course mark.
You have 1 attempt to take the exam with multiple attempts per question.
Shingai Manjengwa (@Tjido) is the CEO of Fireside Analytics Inc., an ed-tech start-up that develops customized online and in-person courses on digital literacy, data science, data visualization and coding to high school students, policymakers, senior executives, small business owners and working professionals. The Data Science courses by Fireside Analytics have over 300,000 registered learners on platforms like IBMs CognitiveClass.ai and Coursera.
An IBM Influencer and Author, Shingai has a Master’s in Business Analytics from NYU Stern. Shingai is the founder of Fireside Analytics Academy, a registered private high school (BSID: 886528) that teaches students to solve problems with data.