The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history. Current understandings of human history and social theory are based largely on Western experience or on non-Western experience seen through a Western lens. This course offers alternative perspectives derived from Chinese experience over the last three centuries. We present specific case studies of this new scholarship of discovery divided into two stand-alone parts, which means that students can take any part without prior or subsequent attendance of the other part. Part 1 (this course) focuses on comparative inequality and opportunity and addresses two related questions ‘Who rises to the top?’ and ‘Who gets what?’. Part 2 (https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-2) turns to an arguably even more important question ‘Who are we?’ as seen through the framework of comparative population behavior - mortality, marriage, and reproduction – and their interaction with economic conditions and human values. We do so because mortality and reproduction are fundamental and universal, because they differ historically just as radically between China and the West as patterns of inequality and opportunity, and because these differences demonstrate the mutability of human behavior and values. Course Overview video: https://youtu.be/dzUPRyJ4ETk

Welcome to the Capstone Project for Big Data! In this culminating project, you will build a big data ecosystem using tools and methods form the earlier courses in this specialization. You will analyze a data set simulating big data generated from a large number of users who are playing our imaginary game "Catch the Pink Flamingo". During the five week Capstone Project, you will walk through the typical big data science steps for acquiring, exploring, preparing, analyzing, and reporting. In the first two weeks, we will introduce you to the data set and guide you through some exploratory analysis using tools such as Splunk and Open Office. Then we will move into more challenging big data problems requiring the more advanced tools you have learned including KNIME, Spark's MLLib and Gephi. Finally, during the fifth and final week, we will show you how to bring it all together to create engaging and compelling reports and slide presentations. As a result of our collaboration with Splunk, a software company focus on analyzing machine-generated big data, learners with the top projects will be eligible to present to Splunk and meet Splunk recruiters and engineering leadership.

Teaching 11 Courses in Excel and Data Analysis! OVER 100,000 visitors visit my blog ExcelDemy dot com every month!! OVER 134,141 successful students have already taken my online courses since November 2015 with 8,019 total Reviews!!! ************************************************************************************** What students are saying about this course? ~ Very clear, concise explanation of basic and more advanced statistical Excel functions - Donna M Knapp ~ This is an excellent well taught course. The explanations are clear and concise. The course moves at a comfortable pace. I learned a lot from this course and shouldn't have any difficulty applying the concepts to future projects. Well done. - Bill Hengen ************************************************************************************** Welcome to my brand new course on Data Analysis in Excel with Statistics: Get Meanings of Data . I want to start with a quote from Daniel Egger. He is a professor at Duke University. He says: “No commercial for-profit company that is in a competitive market can remain profitable or even survive over the next five years without incorporating best practices for business data analytics into their operations.” So learning how to analyze data will be the most valuable expertise in your career in the next five years. Excel will analyze and visualize data easily – this is why Excel is created and this is why Excel is the most popular spreadsheet program in the world. Microsoft Company has added new data analysis features, functions, and tools in every new version of Excel. Before going into the course: I want to warn you about something. Excel is just a tool. To analyze data you will use this tool. But analyzing data requires that you know some basic statistics and probability theories. Most of the statistics and probability concepts that are necessary to analyze data effectively are covered in your undergraduate level courses. But in this course, at first, I have discussed the theory at first, then I have advanced to teach you how to use that theory in business with the help of Excel. Let’s discuss now what I will cover in this course. It is tough to build a course on data analysis using Excel as so many topics are there to be covered. So I have used the guidelines of the Project Management Institute (PMI) to create this course. The topics I am going to cover in this course are: Overview of Data analysis: I will start with an overview of the data analysis. I will describe how you will calculate common measures of your data, I will introduce you to the central limit theory and then I will provide my advice for minimizing error in your calculations. Visualizing Data: Then I will teach you how to visualize your data using histograms, how to identify relationships among data by creating XY Scatter charts and forecast future results based on Existing data. Building Hypothesis: Then I will show you how to formulate a null and alternative hypothesis, how to interpret the results of your analysis, and how to use the normal, binomial, and Poisson distributions to model your data. Relationships between data sets: Finally I will show you how to analyze relationships between data sets using co-variance, how to identify the strength of those relationships through correlation, and then I will introduce you to Bayesian analysis. Case Study: Summarizing Data by Using Histograms Case Study: Summarizing Data by Using Descriptive Statistics Case Study: Estimating Straight-line Relationships Case Study: Modeling Exponential Growth Case Study: Using Correlations to Summarize Relationships Case Study: Using Moving Averages to Understand Time Series Analyzing Business data is a must need expertise for every employee of a company. Your company will not survive another five years if it does not take serious business data. And you could be the best employee in your company to direct the business in the smartest way. So keep learning business data analysis with this course.

Everyone is talking about big data and GIS, but is anyone really doing it? In this course you’ll work with gigabytes of data to solve many different spatial and data related questions . All the software is free, but don't let that fool you: we'll be using the most effective open source products like Postgres and QGIS, and we'll even perform parallel processing with Manifold Viewer - I hope you have a multi-core computer to see how fast this stuff is! At the end of the course, you’ll understand: the principles behind big data geo-analytics and the role of statistics, databases, parallel processing, and hardware and software in support of big data geo-analytics. how to use open source software and Manifold GIS to perform parallel processing and manage spatial data. how to conduct a big data geo-analytics project by interrogating multi-gigabyte real world databases. And best of all, the software we use in this class is FREE and easy to set up - you'll do it all yourself! The course is taught by Dr. Arthur Lembo who is a Professor at Salisbury University and has worked in the GIS field for  over 30 years.

The Problem Data scientist is one of the best suited professions to thrive this century. It is digital, programming-oriented, and analytical. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the demand for data scientists has been surging in the job marketplace. However, supply has been very limited. It is difficult to acquire the skills necessary to be hired as a data scientist. And how can you do that? Universities have been slow at creating specialized data science programs. (not to mention that the ones that exist are very expensive and time consuming) Most online courses focus on a specific topic and it is difficult to understand how the skill they teach fit in the complete picture The Solution Data science is a multidisciplinary field. It encompasses a wide range of topics. Understanding of the data science field and the type of analysis carried out Mathematics Statistics Python Applying advanced statistical techniques in Python Data Visualization Machine Learning Deep Learning Each of these topics builds on the previous ones. And you risk getting lost along the way if you don’t acquire these skills in the right order. For example, one would struggle in the application of Machine Learning techniques before understanding the underlying Mathematics. Or, it can be overwhelming to study regression analysis in Python before knowing what a regression is. So, in an effort to create the most effective, time-efficient, and structured data science training available online, we created The Data Science Course 2021. We believe this is the first training program that solves the biggest challenge to entering the data science field – having all the necessary resources in one place. Moreover, our focus is to teach topics that flow smoothly and complement each other. The course teaches you everything you need to know to become a data scientist at a fraction of the cost of traditional programs (not to mention the amount of time you will save). The Skills 1. Intro to Data and Data Science Big data, business intelligence, business analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. We know these buzzwords belong to the field of data science but what do they all mean? Why learn it? As a candidate data scientist, you must understand the ins and outs of each of these areas and recognise the appropriate approach to solving a problem. This ‘Intro to data and data science’ will give you a comprehensive look at all these buzzwords and where they fit in the realm of data science. 2. Mathematics Learning the tools is the first step to doing data science. You must first see the big picture to then examine the parts in detail. We take a detailed look specifically at calculus and linear algebra as they are the subfields data science relies on. Why learn it? Calculus and linear algebra are essential for programming in data science. If you want to understand advanced machine learning algorithms, then you need these skills in your arsenal. 3. Statistics You need to think like a scientist before you can become a scientist. Statistics trains your mind to frame problems as hypotheses and gives you techniques to test these hypotheses, just like a scientist. Why learn it? This course doesn’t just give you the tools you need but teaches you how to use them. Statistics trains you to think like a scientist. 4. Python Python is a relatively new programming language and, unlike R, it is a general-purpose programming language. You can do anything with it! Web applications, computer games and data science are among many of its capabilities. That’s why, in a short space of time, it has managed to disrupt many disciplines. Extremely powerful libraries have been developed to enable data manipulation, transformation, and visualisation. Where Python really shines however, is when it deals with machine and deep learning. Why learn it? When it comes to developing, implementing, and deploying machine learning models through powerful frameworks such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, etc, Python is a must have programming language. 5. Tableau Data scientists don’t just need to deal with data and solve data driven problems. They also need to convince company executives of the right decisions to make. These executives may not be well versed in data science, so the data scientist must but be able to present and visualise the data’s story in a way they will understand. That’s where Tableau comes in – and we will help you become an expert story teller using the leading visualisation software in business intelligence and data science. Why learn it? A data scientist relies on business intelligence tools like Tableau to communicate complex results to non-technical decision makers. 6. Advanced Statistics Regressions, clustering, and factor analysis are all disciplines that were invented before machine learning. However, now these statistical methods are all performed through machine learning to provide predictions with unparalleled accuracy. This section will look at these techniques in detail. Why learn it? Data science is all about predictive modelling and you can become an expert in these methods through this ‘advance statistics’ section. 7. Machine Learning The final part of the program and what every section has been leading up to is deep learning. Being able to employ machine and deep learning in their work is what often separates a data scientist from a data analyst. This section covers all common machine learning techniques and deep learning methods with TensorFlow. Why learn it? Machine learning is everywhere. Companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon have been using machines that can learn on their own for years. Now is the time for you to control the machines. ***What you get*** A $1250 data science training program Active Q&A support All the knowledge to get hired as a data scientist A community of data science learners A certificate of completion Access to future updates Solve real-life business cases that will get you the job You will become a data scientist from scratch We are happy to offer an unconditional 30-day money back in full guarantee. No risk for you. The content of the course is excellent, and this is a no-brainer for us, as we are certain you will love it. Why wait? Every day is a missed opportunity. Click the “Buy Now” button and become a part of our data scientist program today.

PLEASE READ BEFORE ENROLLING: 1.) THERE IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS COURSE: "PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING BOOTCAMP" 2.) IF YOU ARE A COMPLETE BEGINNER IN PYTHON-CHECK OUT MY OTHER COURSE "COMPLETE PYTHON MASTERCLASS JOURNEY"! CLICK ON MY PROFILE TO FIND IT. (PLEASE WATCH THE FIRST PROMO VIDEO ON THIS PAGE FOR MORE INFO) ********************************************************************************************************** This course will give you the resources to learn python and effectively use it analyze and visualize data! Start your career in Data Science! You'll get a full understanding of how to program with Python and how to use it in conjunction with scientific computing modules and libraries to analyze data. You will also get lifetime access to over 100 example python code notebooks, new and updated videos, as well as future additions of various data analysis projects that you can use for a portfolio to show future employers! By the end of this course you will: - Have an understanding of how to program in Python. - Know how to create and manipulate arrays using numpy and Python. - Know how to use pandas to create and analyze data sets. - Know how to use matplotlib and seaborn libraries to create beautiful data visualization. - Have an amazing portfolio of example python data analysis projects! - Have an understanding of Machine Learning and SciKit Learn! With 100+ lectures and over 20 hours of information and more than 100 example python code notebooks, you will be excellently prepared for a future in data science!

This is an introductory course designed to help business professionals and others learn predictive analytic skills that can be applied in a business setting. Since it is designed for business professionals it doesn't delve too deeply into the mathematics of the statistical models. We do the following case studies on Rapidminer software: B2B Churn of an office supply distributor, Market Basket Analysis of a retail computer store, Customer Segmentation of a customer database and Direct Marketing. The following models are used: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Association Rules, K-means Clustering and Decision Trees. Through these practical case studies we generate actionable business insights!

Data analysis is critical in business. Get ahead in your career with this important skill. Management depends on decision making and problem solving.   They depend on analytical findings. Not only do we need good sources of data, but we need skills that allow us to interpret and report the results. Discover techniques and best practices for analysis by learning the analytical process.

This course helps you learn simple but powerful ways to work with data. It is designed to be help people with limited statistical or programming skills quickly become productive in an increasingly digitized workplace. In this course you will use R (an open-sourced, easy to use data mining tool) and practice with real life data-sets. We focus on the application and provide you with plenty of support material for your long term learning. It also includes a project that you can attempt when you feel confident in the skills you learn.

Challenges are multifarious. Overwhelming nos. of transactions, loss of conventional (paper) audit trail, system based controls, ever increasing and complex compliance requirements are amongst the prime reasons why traditional methods of collecting and evaluating evidence (like vouching and verification) are no longer adequate. The auditor can no longer treat Information Systems as a ‘Black Box’ and audit around it. His methods and techniques have to change. This change is what the world calls today, ‘Assurance Analytics’ i.e. data analysis from an ‘audit perspective’. Using advance features of MS Excel, the auditor can access client’s data from their databases and analyse it to discharge the onerous duty cast on him. Since over 15 years, CA Nikunj Shah has been perfecting these techniques of ‘assurance analytics’. These include digital analysis techniques like Benford’s Law, Relative Size Factor Theory (RSF) and Pareto’s 80-20 rule that have enabled auditors and forensic investigators to identify control failures and over rides, detect non-compliance with laws, zero down on questionable transactions and identify red flags lost in millions of transactions. It is like quickly finding the needle in a hay stack!! In this unique course, your favourite instructor shall share the best of his research, auditing and training experience. The participants shall learn, step-by-step, the nuts-and-bolts details of using advance features of Microsoft® Excel coupled with the instructor’s insights to apply them in real-world audit situations. Each section shall equip participants with assurance analytic techniques using real-world examples and learn-by-doing exercises.