Intro to Data Science

The Introduction to Data Science class will survey the foundational topics in data science, namely:

• Data Manipulation
• Data Analysis with Statistics and Machine Learning
• Data Communication with Information Visualization
• Data at Scale -- Working with Big Data
  

The class will focus on breadth and present the topics briefly instead of focusing on a single topic in depth. This will give you the opportunity to sample and apply the basic techniques of data science.

This course is also a part of our Data Analyst Nanodegree.

• Introduction to Data Science
• Pi-Chaun (Data Scientist @ Google): What is Data Science?,Gabor (Data Scientist @ Twitter): What is Data Science?,Problems solved by data science.
• Data Wrangling
• What is Data Wrangling?,Acquiring data.,Common data formats.
• Data Analysis
• Statistical rigor.,Kurt (Data Scientist @ Twitter) - Why is Stats Useful?,Introduction to normal distribution.
• Data Visualization
• Effective information visualization.,An analysis of Napoleon's invasion of Russia!,Don (Principal Data Scientist @ AT&T): Communicating Findings.
• MapReduce
• Introduction to Big Data and MapReduce.,Learn the basics of MapReduce.,Mapper.