About this Program

The R programming language has become a vital tool for extracting useful information from large data sets across industry, academia and scientific research circles. R offers powerful statistical techniques, elegant data visualization capabilities, high extensibility and an active community that generates code packages for anyone to use.

In this three-course certificate program, you’ll learn to perform sophisticated data analysis and modeling using statistical tools and R programming. We’ll cover the fundamentals of modern applied statistics for use in inference and prediction. You’ll gain advanced skills in data mining and data management and discover how to produce insightful visual presentations. Develop the capabilities to solve complex problems using R and learn additional statistical methods on your own.

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DESIGNED FOR

A wide range of technically oriented professionals who want to better understand modern applied statistics in order to analyze and derive meaning from real-life data sets.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How to apply modern statistics to real-life problems in research and industry
• Foundational R programming, visualization and plotting skills
• How to streamline data manipulation and create advanced graphics
• Data analysis methods using predictive modeling and machine learning
• Time series analysis, spatial modeling, 3D plotting, mapping and animation

GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

• Generate publication-quality plots and cutting-edge graphics-embedded reports
• Master the train-validate-test sequence of predictive methods
• Learn how to create your own R packages