In this course, you will gain practical foundation level training that enables immediate and effective participation in big data and other analytics projects. You will cover basic and advanced analytic methods and big data analytics technology and tools, including MapReduce and Hadoop. Extensive labs throughout the course provide you with the opportunity to apply these methods and tools to real world business challenges using a technology-neutral approach. In a final lab, you will address a big data analytics challenge by applying the concepts taught in the course to the context of the Data Analytics Lifecycle. You will prepare for the Data Scientist Associate (EMCDSA) certification exam and establish a baseline of Data Science skills.
Skills Gained
- Immediately participate as a data science team member
- Work with large data sets and generate insights
- Build predictive and classification models
- Manage a data analytics project through the entire lifecycle
Who Can Benefit
- Managers of business intelligence, analytics, and big data professionals teams
- Current business and data analysts looking to add big data analytics to their skills
- Data and database professionals looking to exploit their analytic skills in a big data environment
- Recent college graduates and graduate students with academic experience in a related discipline looking to move into the world of Data Science and big data
- Individuals looking to take the Data Scientist Associate (EMCDSA) certification
Prerequisites
To successfully complete this course and gain the maximum benefits from participation, you should have the following knowledge and skill sets:
- A strong quantitative background with a solid understanding of basic statistics, as would be found in a statistics 101 level course
- Experience with a scripting language such as Java, Perl, or Python (or R). Many of the lab examples taught in the course use R (with an RStudio GUI), which is an open source statistical tool and programming
- Experience with SQL