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      Coursera Project Network

      Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings

      Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Programming Principles, Python Programming

      4.6
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      55 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      IBM

      Generative AI: Impact, Considerations, and Ethical Issues

      Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Generative AI, Risking, Business Ethics, Legal Risk, Socioeconomics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Information Privacy, Automation, Workforce Development, Accountability

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      266 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

      Fundamental Skills in Bioinformatics

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Bioinformatics, Unix, Scientific Visualization, R Programming, Rmarkdown, Unix Commands, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming, NumPy, Data Manipulation

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      62 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Microsoft

      Introduction to Microsoft 365 Copilot

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Prompt Engineering, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Outlook, Productivity Software, Collaborative Software, Workflow Management, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Business Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Identity and Access Management, Data Security

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      675 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Basic Statistics in Python (Correlations and T-tests)

      Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Box Plots, Correlation Analysis, Data Visualization, Scatter Plots, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Pandas (Python Package), Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Python Programming

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      34 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Vanderbilt University

      GPT Vision: Seeing the World through Generative AI

      Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Generative AI, Data Synthesis, Image Analysis, Data Capture, OpenAI, Data Analysis, Organizational Skills, Computer Vision, AI Personalization, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Automation

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      202 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Fractal Analytics

      Insights of Power BI

      Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Data Modeling, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Business Intelligence, Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Dashboard, Data Analysis, Business Reporting, Microsoft Excel, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      46 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Preview
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      University of London

      Doing Economics: Measuring Climate Change

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Environmental Policy, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Descriptive Statistics, Climate Change Programs, Correlation Analysis, Policy Analysis, Scatter Plots, Statistics, Environmental Science, Probability Distribution

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      52 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

      Introduction to Applied Machine Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Applied Machine Learning, Data Processing, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Product Lifecycle Management, Supervised Learning, Business Requirements, Data Quality, Business Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Performance Metric

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      745 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Build a Machine Learning Web App with Streamlit and Python

      Skills you'll gain: Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Visualization, Dashboard, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Machine Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Web Applications, Predictive Modeling, Data Science, Python Programming, Pandas (Python Package)

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      411 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      IBM

      Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Generative Model Architectures, Deep Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Image Analysis, Artificial Neural Networks, Keras (Neural Network Library), Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Applied Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Natural Language Processing

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      264 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Custom Models, Layers, and Loss Functions with TensorFlow

      Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Deep Learning, Keras (Neural Network Library), Artificial Neural Networks, Network Model, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Computer Vision

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      1.1K reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular big data courses

    • Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings: Coursera Project Network
    • Generative AI: Impact, Considerations, and Ethical Issues: IBM
    • Fundamental Skills in Bioinformatics: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    • Introduction to Microsoft 365 Copilot: Microsoft
    • Basic Statistics in Python (Correlations and T-tests): Coursera Project Network
    • GPT Vision: Seeing the World through Generative AI: Vanderbilt University
    • Insights of Power BI: Fractal Analytics
    • Doing Economics: Measuring Climate Change: University of London
    • Introduction to Applied Machine Learning: Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
    • Build a Machine Learning Web App with Streamlit and Python: Coursera Project Network

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