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Data Science Roadmap for Beginners

The document outlines a comprehensive roadmap for beginners in data science, covering essential topics such as Python, data analysis with Pandas and NumPy, data visualization, statistics, SQL, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI. It provides structured learning paths, recommended practices, and mini-project ideas for each topic to enhance practical skills. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of deployment and MLOps in applying data science effectively in real-world scenarios.

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Data Science Roadmap for Beginners

The document outlines a comprehensive roadmap for beginners in data science, covering essential topics such as Python, data analysis with Pandas and NumPy, data visualization, statistics, SQL, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI. It provides structured learning paths, recommended practices, and mini-project ideas for each topic to enhance practical skills. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of deployment and MLOps in applying data science effectively in real-world scenarios.

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� Ultimate Data Science Roadmap for Beginners

� 1� Learn Python for Data Science


� Why? Python is the most used language in Data Science.

� What to Learn?
� Python Basics → Variables, Loops, Functions, List Comprehensions
� Data Structures → Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets
� Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) → Classes, Inheritance
� File Handling → Reading & Writing Files
� Error Handling → Try-Except

� 2� Master Data Analysis with Pandas & NumPy


� What to Learn?
� NumPy → Arrays, Indexing, Broadcasting, Mathematical Operations
� Pandas → DataFrames, Series, Filtering, Merging, Grouping
� Data Cleaning → Handling Nulls, Duplicates, String Operations

� How to Practice?
� Kaggle Datasets: Clean & analyze real-world datasets
� Mini-Projects:
- Analyze COVID-19 data
- Find best-selling products using an E-commerce Dataset
- Analyze Netflix Movies Dataset

� 3� Data Visualization (Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly)


� Why? Visualizing patterns in data is key for insights & presentations.

� What to Learn?
� Matplotlib → Line Charts, Bar Charts, Histograms
� Seaborn → Boxplots, Heatmaps, Pairplots
� Plotly → Interactive Visualizations

� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Create a Sales Dashboard
- Visualize a Stock Market Dataset

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� 4� Statistics & Probability for Data Science
� Why? Understanding data distributions & relationships is crucial.

� What to Learn?
� Descriptive Stats → Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Skewness
� Inferential Stats → Hypothesis Testing (T-Test, Chi-Square)
� Probability → Bayes Theorem, Probability Distributions (Normal, Binomial)
� Correlation & Causation

� How to Practice?
� Solve problems on StatQuest
� Mini-Projects:
- A/B Testing for Website Conversion Rates
- Analyze Election Polling Data

� 5� SQL for Data Science


� Why? Every company needs SQL for data extraction & manipulation.

� What to Learn?
� Basic SQL → SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY
� Joins → INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN
� Window Functions → RANK, DENSE_RANK, PARTITION BY
� Subqueries & Common Table Expressions (CTEs)

� How to Practice?
� Solve SQL Challenges on Leetcode SQL
� Mini-Projects:
- Analyze an E-commerce Orders Database
- Write SQL queries for Customer Churn Analysis

� 6� Machine Learning (Scikit-Learn)


� Why? ML helps in predictions, pattern recognition & AI development.

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� What to Learn?
� Supervised Learning:
- Regression (Linear, Logistic)
- Classification (Decision Trees, SVM, Random Forest, XGBoost)
� Unsupervised Learning:
- Clustering (K-Means, DBSCAN, Hierarchical)
- Dimensionality Reduction (PCA, t-SNE)
� Model Evaluation → Precision, Recall, F1-Score

� How to Practice?
� Kaggle Competitions (Titanic, House Prices)
� Mini-Projects:
- Predict House Prices using Linear Regression
- Build a Spam Email Classifier
- Create a Movie Recommendation System

� 7� Deep Learning (TensorFlow & PyTorch)


� Why? Used in image recognition, NLP, and advanced AI applications.

� What to Learn?
� Neural Networks → Feedforward, Backpropagation, Activation Functions
� CNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks) → Image Classification
� RNNs (Recurrent Neural Networks) → Time Series Forecasting
� Transformers (BERT, GPT) → NLP Applications

� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Build an Image Classifier for Cats vs Dogs
- Train an AI Chatbot using RNNs
- Create a Stock Price Prediction Model

� 8� Generative AI (GenAI)
� Why? AI that can create images, text & music.

� What to Learn?
� Introduction to Generative AI
� Large Language Models (LLMs) → OpenAI GPT, LLaMA, Claude

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� Diffusion Models → Stable Diffusion, DALL-E
� Fine-Tuning & Prompt Engineering

� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Fine-tune GPT-4 on Custom Data
- Generate AI Art with Stable Diffusion
- Build a Text-to-Image AI Model

� 9� End-to-End ML Projects
� Why? Show real-world applications on your resume.

� Project Ideas(Just suggestions or options):


� Customer Churn Prediction (SQL + ML)
� AI Resume Screening Tool (NLP + LLMs)
� Credit Card Fraud Detection (Anomaly Detection)
� AI-Powered Chatbot for Customer Support

� � Deployment & MLOps (4 Weeks)


� Why? Data Science without deployment = useless.

� What to Learn?
� Model Deployment → Flask, FastAPI
� CI/CD Pipelines → Docker, Kubernetes
� Model Monitoring → Prometheus, Grafana

� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Deploy an ML Model as an API
- Build a MLOps Pipeline with CI/CD

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