Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Statistical Studies with Python from the University of Michigan and Google

Practical, modern statistical thinking for everyone. Use Python for visualization, inference, and statistical modeling.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Python programming
  • Statistical inference methodologies
  • Data visualization
  • Statistical models

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Data Analyst
  • Data Scientist
  • Statistical analyst
  • Python developer
  • Data Research Specialist
  • Information Analyst
  • Data Project Manager
  • Data Visualization Expert

Course series

  • 3 courses in this series are designed to teach students the basic and intermediate concepts of statistical analysis using the Python programming language.
  • Students will learn:
    • Where does the data come from?
    • What types of data can be collected?
    • Data design
    • Data Management
    • Effective data exploration and visualization
  • They will be able to:
    • Use data for calculations and theoretical evaluations
    • Build confidence intervals
    • Interpret inferential results
    • Apply more advanced statistical modeling procedures
  • Finally, they will learn about the importance of research questions and be able to connect them to statistical analysis methods and data studied.

Learning project is underway

  • The courses in this series include a variety of tasks that test students’ knowledge and ability to apply the material.
  • Tasks include:
    • Concept testing
    • Written analyses
    • Python Programming Assessments
  • These tasks are performed using:
    • Exams
    • Submitting written assignments
    • Jupyter Notebook environment

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Understanding and Visualizing Data with Python

  • Course 1
  • 19 hours
  • 4.7 (2,632 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Properly identify different data types and understand the different uses for each.
  • Create data visualizations and numerical summaries with Python.
  • Communicate statistical ideas clearly and concisely to a wide audience.
  • Identify appropriate analysis techniques for probability and non-probability samples.
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Statistics
  • statistics
  • Category: Data Analysis
  • Data Analytics
  • Category: Python Programming
  • Python programming
  • Category: Data similarity
  • Data similarity

Inferential statistical analysis with Python

  • Course 2
  • 21 hours
  • 4.6 (896 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Determine the assumptions required to calculate the confidence intervals for the relevant population parameters.
  • Create confidence intervals in Python and interpret the results.
  • Examine how inference procedures are produced and interpreted step by step when analyzing real data.
  • Run hypothesis tests in Python and interpret the findings.
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Confidence Profits
  • Confidence gains
  • Category: Python Programming
  • Python programming
  • Category: Statistical Inference
  • Statistical inference
  • Category: Statistical hypothesis testing
  • Statistical hypothesis testing

Fitting statistical models to data with Python

  • Course 3
  • 14 hours
  • 4.4 (689 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Deepen your understanding of statistical inferential techniques by mastering the art of fitting statistical models to data.
  • Link research questions to data analysis methods, emphasizing goals, relationships between variables, and making predictions.
  • Explore various statistical modeling techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, and Bayesian inference using real data.
  • Work on practical cases in Python with libraries like Statsmodels, Pandas, and Seaborn in the Jupyter Notebook environment.
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Bayesian statistics
  • Bayesian statistics
  • Category: Python Programming
  • Python programming
  • Category: Statistical Regression
  • Statistical regression
  • Category: Statistical Model
  • Statistical model