CBDS - 5 Days
CBDS - 5 Days
Introduction
Our lives are flooded by large amount of information, but not all of them is useful data.
Therefore it is essential for us to learn how to applying data science to every aspect of
our daily life from personal finances, reading, lifestyle to making business decisions.
Leveraging on this data to make our life easier, or unlock new economic value for a
business, is what you are going to learn in this course.
This course is a hands-on guided course for you to learn the concepts, tools, and
techniques that you need to begin learning data science. We will cover the key topics
from data science to big data, and the processes of gathering, cleaning and handling
data. This course is well balanced between theory and practical, and key concepts are
taught using case studies references. Upon completion, participants will be able to
perform the basic data handling tasks, collect and analyze data, and present them
using industry standard tools.
Target audience
This workshop is intended for individuals who are interested in learning data science,
or who want to begin their career as a data scientist.
Prerequisites
All participants should have basic understanding of data, relations, and basic
knowledge of mathematics.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
● Identify appropriate model for different data types.
● Create your own data process and analysis workflow.
● Define and explain the key concepts and models relevant to data science.
● Differentiate key data ETL process, from cleaning, processing to visualization.
● Implement algorithms to extract information from dataset.
● Apply best practices in data science, and familiar with standard tools.
Course Outline:
Day 1
● Types of Data
● What is Data Science?
● Knowledge Check
● Lab Activity
Data Gathering
● Obtain data from online repositories
● Import data from local file formats (json, xml)
● Import data using Web API
● Scrape website for data
● Knowledge check
Day 2
● Combinatorics
● Programming
Beginning Databases
● Types of Databases
● Relational Databases
● NoSQL
● Hybrid database
● Knowledge check
Lab activity
Introduction to Python
● Basics of Python language
● Functions and packages
● Python lists
● Functional programming in Python
● Numpy and Scipy
● iPython
● Knowledge check
● Lab Activity
Lab: Exploring data using Python
Day 3
Data Quality
● Raw vs Tidy Data
● Key Features of Data Quality
● Maintenance of Data Quality
● Data Profiling
● Data Completeness and Consistency
Introduction to R
● Packages for data import, wrangling, and visualization
● Conditionals and Control Flow
● Loops and Functions
● Knowledge check
● Lab activity
Lab: Exploring data using R
Day 4
Day 5
Data Visualization
● Choosing the right visualization
● Plotting data using Python libraries
● Plotting data using R
● Using Jupyter Notebook to validate scripts
● Knowledge check
● Lab activity
What’s next ?
● Preview of Data Science Specialist
● Showing advanced data analysis techniques
● Demo: Interactive visualizations