University of Colorado Boulder
Defining, Describing, and Visualizing Data
University of Colorado Boulder

Defining, Describing, and Visualizing Data

This course is part of The Data Driven Manager Specialization

Taught in English

Wendy Martin

Instructor: Wendy Martin

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Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level

Recommended experience

9 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Progress towards a degree

What you'll learn

  • Classify types of data with scales of measurement

  • Calculate descriptive statistics and create graphical representations using R software

  • Solve problems and make decisions using probability distributions

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Assessments

7 quizzes

Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Beginner level

Recommended experience

9 hours (approximately)
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Progress towards a degree

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This course is part of the The Data Driven Manager Specialization
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There are 5 modules in this course

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to classify types of data using measurement scales.

What's included

8 videos1 reading2 quizzes2 discussion prompts

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to work with datasets in RStudio and ROIStat.

What's included

8 videos1 quiz1 discussion prompt

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to use RStudio and ROIStat to calculate descriptive statistics to describe location, spread, and shape of data and create visual representations of data.

What's included

12 videos1 quiz2 discussion prompts

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to apply the rules and conditions of probability to make decisions and solve problems.

What's included

8 videos1 quiz1 discussion prompt

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to apply both discrete and continuous probability distributions to make decisions and solve problems using RStudio and ROIStat.

What's included

15 videos2 quizzes1 discussion prompt

Instructor

Wendy Martin
University of Colorado Boulder
6 Courses6,200 learners

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