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Data Science Tools

IBM

Learn about the most popular data science tools, including how to use them and what their features are.

5 hrs/week7 weeksEnglish36,621 enrolled
Free to Audit

About this Course

Please Note: Learners who successfully complete this IBM course can earn a skill badge — a detailed, verifiable and digital credential that profiles the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in this course. Enroll to learn more, complete the course and claim your badge! In this course, you'll learn about Data Science tools like Jupyter Notebooks, RStudio IDE, and Watson Studio. You will learn what each tool is used for, what programming languages they can execute, their features and limitations and how data scientists use these tools today. With the tools hosted in the cloud, you will be able to test each tool and follow instructions to run simple code in Python or R. To complete the course, you will create a final project with a Jupyter Notebook on IBM Watson Studio on Cloud and demonstrate your proficiency in preparing a notebook, writing Markdown, and sharing your work with your peers. This hands-on course will get you up and running with some of the latest and greatest data science tools. 3b:T

What You'll Learn

  • List various tools used by data scientists and machine learning engineers
  • Describe various programming languages used by data scientists such as Python, R, Julia and SQL
  • Explain the various components of a data scientist's toolkit, including Libraries, Packages, Data sets and Machine Learning Models
  • Explain the features of Jupyter Notebooks and how to use them
  • Work with popular tools employed by data scientists including RStudio IDE and GitHub
  • Create and share a Jupyter Notebook
  • Navigate IBM Watson Studio and describe its features and capabilities

Instructors

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Romeo Kienzler

Chief Data Scientist

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Svetlana Levitan

Senior Developer Advocate with IBM Center for Open Data and AI Technologies

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Maureen McElaney

Developer Advocate at IBM Center of Open Source Data and Ai Technologies

Topics

Watson Studio
Jupyter Notebook
Data Science
Jupyter
Markdown
RStudio
Python (Programming Language)

Course Info

PlatformedX
LevelBeginner
PacingUnknown
CertificateAvailable
PriceFree to Audit

Skills

Watson Studio
Jupyter Notebook
Data Science
Jupyter
Markdown
RStudio
Python (Programming Language)

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