53 Courses and Certifications

Duke University Durham Courses & Certifications 2026

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Medical Neuroscience

Medical Neuroscience certification is a 100% online course that is an offering by Duke University, and Coursera. In this neuroscience course, the candidates can explore the neurophysiology related to the human nervous system that helps in providing a neurobiological framework that in turn helps in finding out how human behaviour works.

Medical Neuroscience training will help discover the foundations for understanding the action, sensations, impairments of the human brain. Candidates will be discovering the organizations of the neural system that happens in the spinal cord or brain that can meditate sensation so that it can integrate the signals with emotion, memory, injury, or dysfunction of the central nervous system. Ultimately, the course will focus on the knowledge that is acquired in cell studies related to human anatomy and the physiology of the brain. The entire course comes in 7 weeks with an additional week dedicated to a final exam that when cleared by students will give a certificate.

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7 Weeks
Expert
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of healthcare sciences
Certificate

Startup Valuation Methods

Startup Valuation Methods certification is the first part of the Entrepreneurial Finance: Strategy and Innovation Specialization. This certification course is provided online by Coursera but has been designed by Duke University. This course will teach the candidates to give valuation to entrepreneurial ventures using excel spreadsheet models. These ventures shall include startups that are already growing.

Startup Valuation Methods training will teach the ways in which differentiation can be made between the different financing strategies like venture capital, crowdfunding, loans, and angel investment. Finally, this certification will actually enlighten the participants about company valuation pertaining to all sizes, and kinds that are based on several different criteria of funding including sources of funds that may be arranged from investors. 

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5 Weeks
Intermediate
1,699
Skills Covered:
Financial knowledge Entrepreneurial skills
Certificate

Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice

The Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice programme by Coursera is a beginner-level course in animation and programming which takes about 47 hours to complete. Duke University offers the introductory course in association with Coursera, while the lessons are delivered in English.

Moreover, the Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice certification course comprises many programming concepts and technical assignments to combine theoretical knowledge with practical applications. Instructed by experienced professors, the well-structured course offers a fun and engaging learning experience.

The Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice online course will primarily teach you how to combine programming and animation to develop 3D animated stories. You will become adept in building a storyboard to narrate a story, move the camera, include repetitions, set up a scene, among others.

Besides, the Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice course is an excellent introduction to Alice and programming concepts. You can even use the ideas you have learned throughout the certification course to build 3D games. What's more, upon successful completion, you can earn a course completion certificate from Coursera and Duke University.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Programming skills
Certificate

Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System

Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System certification is a 5-week long programme that requires only 5 hours of a participant’s time to finish off. Also, this course is part 5 of the Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals Specialization. If candidates wonder a lot regarding how Netflix or Amazon decides to recommend movies or products to their user bases, then this course is a must for them.

The Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System training will help in creating recommender systems. Also, the participants will work with movie’s data that includes reviews, and customer ratings but these can be applied to restaurants, books or more. Candidates after course completion can with flair write answers to the questions based on data including what kind of items should be recommended to different user bases.

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5 Weeks
Intermediate
Skills Covered:
Java
Certificate

Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies

Offered by Duke University, and Coursera, the Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies certification course is a 4 weeks online course. This programme is also the first part of the Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business Specialization which takes 8 hours to complete. With this course, professionals will be learning to use, and make application of the different techniques of data analytics for all kinds of business companies to make them profitable.

Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies training will help recognize the important, and critical metrics of business so that it can be differentiated from simple data. Also, this certificate course will let the participants get a proper picture of the vital roles of business data analysts, business analysts, or data scientists play in companies of different sizes. Finally, the certificate at the programme’s end will help to identify skills that are required for hiring, and then succeeding in the above high-demand roles.

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5 Weeks
1,699
Skills Covered:
Business analytics knowledge
Certificate

The Challenges of Global Health

5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Certificate

Cloud Computing Foundations

Cloud Computing Foundations certification is a 4 weeks course that belongs to the  Building Cloud Computing Solutions at Scale Specialization course. This has been launched by Coursera and the academic portion has been taken care of by Duke University. With this online certification course, participants will be able to construct an infrastructure of cloud computing that shall include a serverless technology of websites that will involve serverless technology. 

Cloud Computing Foundations training is basically for both beginners and other students who want to learn how they can apply cloud computing to machine learning, data science, and data engineering. With this training course, candidates will also have the leverage of learning how techniques of agile software development can be applied to different projects that will be helpful in developing global-scale cloud infrastructures, and portfolio projects. Along with the above, the course will also provide one agreeable certificate of completion that can be a step towards career growth.

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4 Weeks
Beginner
1,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of cloud computing
Certificate

Financing for Startup Businesses

Financing for Startup Businesses certification is a small duration course that is offered by Coursera together with the joint association of Duke University. This course is actually an Entrepreneurial Finance: Strategy and Innovation Specialization’s part which is designed for suiting the needs of the applicants who want a clear idea on how they can create, and manage a business venture financially. 

Financing for Startup Businesses training allows participants to find out what role the financial technology companies are playing in disrupting the industry of credit scoring by discovering different methods using consumer’s digital data. The course also focuses on making the participants learn about the new financial ways like web-based credit mechanisms, and crowdfunding to finalize the best possible option for entrepreneurs and their start-up ventures for becoming successful. The course at the end will provide a shareable certificate that the participants can post to their Linkedin profile, and also make an addition to their resumes.

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4 Weeks
Intermediate
1,699
Skills Covered:
Financial knowledge Knowledge of Excel
Certificate

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure

Offered by the Duke University and Coursera, the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure certification course is a 6 hours programme. This course is basically a set of 4 different courses that is provided by a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research), and Campbell R. Harvey (Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. 

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure training course gives an historical view since the time of barter economics for example first peer-to-peer barter exchanges till how finance has evolved in the present times. This certification course gives the students certain examples of value in money. The learnings of the students will be officially backed up by the completion certification of Coursera. 

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4 Weeks
Beginner
1,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Blockchain Knowledge of Cryptography
Certificate

Data Structures and Performance

It seems difficult for Java to deal with data in huge quantities. Various data algorithms and frameworks work together when applications exercise vast and real data sets. Data Structures and Performance is a Java course at an intermediate level which is recommended to the candidates who have an experience or familiar with computer science or software development. The programme focuses on establishing code which finishes the work effectively and efficiently by giving accurate results.

In this programme, the candidates would get an opportunity to analyze and utilize data structures that are applied in industry-level applications like hashtables, trees, and lists. The concepts will describe how the data framework makes programmes flexible and efficient. Through this course, the candidates can apply to Professional Certificates programs as well as multiple specializations. This course would be counted towards training in Object-Oriented Java Programming: Data Structures and Beyond Specialization and Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization.

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4 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Data Sorting
Certificate

Object Oriented Programming in Java

This course is developed for people with many goals like software developers and people who are trying to polish their programming skills. Object-Oriented Programming in Java is an intermediate Java course, designed for learners who have previous knowledge about software development or any background in computer science. The course moves with the objective that when you complete the course you are confident to create a java program on your own and carrying much more knowledge about programming than before. 

You will learn the fundamentals of object-oriented programming, building graphical user interfaces, how to leverage the power of existing libraries and using some core algorithms for searching and sorting data.

The course is designed knowing well how the learners are from different backgrounds and are here for different objectives, seeing that the first week you will get to know about the course, how you will learn and why this course. You will get assignments and quizzes, also get to participate in group forums with other students of the course. 

You will take a minimum of 6 weeks to complete this course. 

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4 Weeks
Intermediate
3,369
Skills Covered:
Java Programming skills Knowledge of Algorithms
Certificate

Managing Big Data with MySQL

Managing Big Data with MySQL certification is offered by Duke University by associating with the online education provider platform Coursera. This course is offered as part of the Specialization - Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business. Taking around 27 hours to get completed, this certification is course 4 of 5 in the specialization. To make the participant’s life easier there are 11 languages in which subtitles can be accessed.

Managing Big Data with MySQL training is basically introduced for making the participants aware of relational databases. These databases are important for conducting business analysis. The applicants shall also make entity-relationship diagrams for displaying data structures within the database. This online course is apt for participants who can help in understanding what, and how data can be captured for business purposes. It will also enlighten on the aggregation statements used by business analysts for real databases so there is no need for waiting for others to give data insights. 

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3 Weeks
1,699
Skills Covered:
SQL knowledge
Certificate

English Composition I

English Composition I certification is a 3 weeks course that is available on the platform of Coursera, and whose foundation has been laid by Duke University. This beginner-level certification course nearly requires 10 hours of a student’s time to conclude the learning, and gain a certificate. This course is only available in the online mode which will enhance a student’s writing, and editing skills both.

English Composition I training is apt for students who want to learn to read carefully, write arguments that are effective, understand what the writing process involves, and finally by engaging with other's ideas by citing accurately can craft prose that is extremely powerful. Moreover, in short with a shareable certificate, the candidates will find useful tips to enhance their English writing skills.

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3 Weeks
Beginner
2,699
Skills Covered:
Writing skills Language skills
Certificate

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution certification by Duke University, and Coursera is an 3 weeks course that is a college-level course that is offered to its participants. Irrespective of this being a certification course over a span of 25 years, candidates will be prepared to understand basic biology so that they can be prepared for the issues like clarifying misconceptions so that they are ready for advanced coursework on biological topics.

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution training gives the participants a very basic overview of principles related to the fundamental and basic concepts of genetics in biology. Everyone often comes across the term genome sequencing or kits identifying what the participant’s pre-human and human ancestry look like from DNA sequencing. Beyond completion of this programme, a certificate is guaranteed to all the participants for genetic sequencing. Also, participants can enjoy the comfort of their homes while learning this programme.

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3 Weeks
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Biology Knowledge of genetics
Certificate

Introductory Human Physiology

Introductory Human Physiology certification is a 3 weeks course launched together with the joint initiative of Duke University, and Coursera. This course is fully an online one which is both for any industry professional or an amateur person who wants to learn about the 9 organs of the body. 

Introductory Human Physiology training continues for 10 hours from the day of enrollment. Duke University’s course has a syllabus that is developed by a world-class faculty. With this certificate course, the candidates will learn to recognize how the basic concepts can govern the total body functions of the different organs present in the human body. The syllabus of this course includes Homeostasis and Endocrine System, Nervous System, Muscle, Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Endocrine System, Endocrine System, Gastrointestinal System, and reproductive system.

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3 Weeks
Beginner
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Biology
Certificate

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments certification is a course that is currently part 1 of 4 belonging to the specialization of Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking. The entire course is of 3 weeks duration and is presented on the platform of Coursera by Duke University. All the weeks are divided into some hours each which teaches in the form of videos, ungraded quizzes after each week’s completion, and finally one long graded one at the end.

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments training will explain what exactly an argument is so that it enables the participants to identify what kind of arguments the different kinds of speakers are giving so that their connections are revealed. Also with this certification course, candidates will be able to fill in gaps for their communication with arguments by adding premises that are suppressed. This will also teach participants to admire other people’s arguments.

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3 Weeks
Beginner
1,699
Skills Covered:
Communication skills
Certificate

Bayesian Statistics

Bayesian Statistics certification is a 3-week long programme where all the participants enrolling must devote approximately 10 hours of their time. This certification course is available on the Coursera platform but has been designed by Duke University. Also, this course is part 4 of 5 in the specialization of Statistics with R Specialization offering a free trial that is valid for 7 whole days. Whoever the interested participants must make sure that they have some kind of prior knowledge of what all is taught in the precious course parts of the specialization.

The Bayesian Statistics training will be responsible for introducing Bayesian comparisons related to means, credible regions, and Bayesian regression using multiple models to the participants. The course finally teaches all the applicants to learn the application of Bayesian methods to several practical issues and implementation in R programming. Apart from providing a certificate that is shareable, the candidates will be able to change the course timings with respect to their convenient schedules.

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3 Weeks
Intermediate
2,699
Skills Covered:
Statistical skills R Programming
Certificate

Introduction to Machine Learning

The Introduction to Machine Learning certification course is offered by Duke University. It will help you know your strengths and apply your skills in the most efficient manner to get work done. It will give you additional knowledge that will make you more confident in your work and perform better at your workplace or start your own business. 

The course will give you a brief overview of machine learning models like natural language processing, logistic regression, convolution neural networks, and multilayer perceptrons, while also explaining how these models can be put to use for solving technical problems in various industries like medical, image recognition, and text prediction. 

It is a combination of practical as well as theoretical knowledge about Machine learning, that will provide you with a framework for understanding how you can implement data science models and machine learning algorithms. The  Introduction to Machine Learning Training Course will allow you to work on a real-world hands-on project that is required in the fast-developing technological world. 

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3 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Natural Language Processing Machine learning
Certificate

Behavioral Finance

3 Weeks
Beginner
Certificate

Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS

The Programming Foundations with JavaScript HTML and CSS is designed by Duke University USA and offered by Coursera. This course offers to teach its candidates the theories of programming such as conditional statements, for loops, and functions. 

This course is one of the five parts of the Java programming in Software Engineering Fundamentals Specialisation by Coursera in collaboration with Duke University. The level of this course is for beginners and is best suited for those who have never coded before. Software engineering is one of the top fields when it comes to career prospects. Programming is a prerequisite for all of these jobs. This course will help you get placed in the software engineering industry. The Programming Foundations with JavaScript HTML and CSS will also help students learn the fundamentals of web development (CSS, JavaScript, and HTML).

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3 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Java Knowledge of CSS
Certificate

Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau

Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau certification is an initiative that is done jointly by Coursera and Duke University. This is actually course 3 of 5 of the specialization - Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business. This course will teach that statistical analyses may not be fruitful even if they are sophisticated if they do not lead to any advice upon which action can be taken.

Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau training explain how business data analysts have one great skill which is the communication ability to express the practical implications related to quantitative analyses towards any kind of audience including non-technical ones in business organizations. This certification programme will finally enlighten participants to become the best in business-relevant communications that will yield results for the stakeholders in different business sectors.

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3 Weeks
1,699
Skills Covered:
Tableau knowledge Knowledge of Data Visualization
Certificate

Introduction to Chemistry: Reactions and Ratios

Introduction to Chemistry: Reactions and Ratios certification is a 2-week long course that is a joint offering of Coursera, and Duke University. This 100% online course is under the engineering and physical science category of Coursera. If participants have an interest in moving ahead in their careers with knowledge of chemistry then this course is definitely for them.

Introduction to Chemistry: Reactions and Ratios training involves concepts like stoichiometry, nomenclature chemical reactions, periodic trends, the periodic table, and chemical problem-solving. This beginner-level certification is offered for participants who have a limited understanding of the subject chemistry. 

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2 Weeks
Beginner
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Chemistry
Certificate

Introduction to Chemistry: Structures and Solutions

Introduction to Chemistry: Structures and Solutions certification is a beginner-level programme requiring only 10 hours that is conducted over 2 weeks. The course content has been built by Duke University whereas the completion certificate is the department of the online provider Coursera.

Introduction to Chemistry: Structures and Solutions training is an introductory level course that can even be suitable to candidates who have zero or limited knowledge of chemistry. This certification course belongs to the course category of physical science and engineering on Coursera. The introductory concepts will be available to the candidates in the form of short reading, or videos, or even practice exercises. Both the course, and its mentors are wonderful, and thus the participants will learn the concepts with ease throughout this online course.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Chemistry
Certificate

Interacting with the System and Managing Memory

Interacting with the System and Managing Memory certification is a course that is the final part of the Introductory C Programming Specialization course, and is developed by Duke University but is offered by Coursera. This course is ought to provide you with programming techniques that are new, and powerful, and it will help in building interaction with the user, and system by allocating memory in a dynamic way.

Interacting with the System and Managing Memory training will provide the final certification which will allow participants to pursue a career in computational fields or software development. It will also help candidates to allow performing tasks that are really complex. At the final stage, candidates will be completing a Poker Project that will help them in their future endeavours.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
1,699
Skills Covered:
Programming skills
Certificate

Electric Industry Operations and Markets

Electric Industry Operations and Markets certification course have been designed by Duke University and instructed by Lincoln Pratson - Gendell Professor of Environment & Energy which is presented by Coursera for students who are looking for a program that could explain to them the core activities that the electric Industry executes to bring electricity to customers. Electric Industry Operations and Markets online course teaches students about how power is consumed and offers constant feedback on how it is transmitted and generated.

Electric Industry Operations and Markets online classes begin with the fundamental principles of electricity and explain the processes involved with electricity generation, electricity transmission, and electricity distribution. With this course, students will be taught about topics like electromagnetism, electric systems, laws governing electricity, and costs as well as will be taught about different types of electric markets and how they function to distribute and transmit electricity to meet demand.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
2,699
Certificate

Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets

All facets of daily existence are significantly impacted by the oil and gas business. Depending on the value, consumption, and abundance of these two natural resources, individuals, enterprises, and government bodies make regulatory and monetary decisions. Participants who want a fundamental understanding of the oil and gas industry, along with its marketing and operations, can take the Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets online certification, developed by Duke University and taught by Lincoln Pratson, the Gendell Professor of Energy & Environment, through Coursera.

Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets online course 7 hours of video-based resources which provides an overview of the production of oil and gas, from initial discovery to ultimate transportation. With Oil & Gas Industry Operations and Markets online classes discuss a range of concepts and strategies associated with the oil and gas industry including production, refining, crude oil distillation, directional distillation, natural gas processing, hydrocarbon system, oil recovery, reservoir rock, transportation, demand, supply, pricing elasticity, cost, revenue sharing and more. 

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2 Weeks
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Geology
Certificate

Visual Perception and the Brain

Visual Perception and the Brain certification course is a 2 weeks course that is provided in joint conjunction with Duke University. Candidates with this course shall be introduced to the different problems that are faced by a vision in human heads that is done by taking up perception as the guide. Humans often see the physical world in a difficult way, and this course’s goal is to learn why.

The candidates will also be learning what is generated through a visual system which is considered ad the central visionary problem. It will also teach what visual perception actually indicates regarding the working of a brain. Visual Perception and the Brain training will focus on the discussions of the physiology, and visual system anatomy whose main focus is on perception. In the end, the certificate will allow the sharing of the completion certificates within the section of their Linkedin profile.

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2 Weeks
2,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Physiology
Certificate

Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies

Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies certification is a 2 weeks course that belongs to the Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking Specialization course. This certification course is a joint association between Coursera, and Duke University. In everyday lives everyone encounters fallacies. Everyone, including children, salespersons, and politicians, are mainly known for using fallacies that can be identified with this course.

Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies certification syllabus is divided into many different video segments. These videos are followed by some small ungraded quizzes after every segment. All this then is topped off with a final quiz that is graded at the end of the course.

Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies training allows people to avoid common fallacies so that they never get fooled by others, and not think what these people want them to believe. Also learning about fallacies is important as the participants can stop using fallacies themselves. 

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2 Weeks
Beginner
1,699
Skills Covered:
Logical Reasoning
Certificate

Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship

Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship online certification is created by Duke University and taught by Chris Wedding - Instructor & Faculty, which is delivered by Coursera for the entrepreneur and energy specialists who want to acquire the knowledge to launch a new business in the energy, design, real estate, finance, or environmental engineering sectors. Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship online course focuses on assisting the applicants in mastering the knowledge and techniques needed to use renewable and green energy to improve human health and the environment globally.

Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship online classes offer 2 weeks of lectures that provide an overview of the significant growth in the renewable energy and green building sectors. This course also explains topics like business modeling, business implementation, business planning, business model canvas, market research, and financing as well as discusses how to use techniques, forecasts, and recommendations from the entrepreneurship society as a career trajectory for helping the community and generating value in the renewable energy and green building sectors.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
Certificate

Inferential Statistics

Inferential Statistics certification is a 2 weeks online course that belongs to the specialization of Statistics with R. This programme is course number 2 of 5 whose main focus is inferential statistics. The course belongs to a beginner level which only has a time requirement of 10 hours spread over the 2 weeks duration. Not only an end certificate is provided but also the study time can be reset at whatever time suits the candidates, 

Inferential Statistics training does help perform hypothesis testing, report the analysis of results by interpreting p-values, so that whatever is reported can be interpreted easily for the public or even the clients. Participants can learn to use the data examples that will help to report the estimates related to quantities that can express the uncertainty of interests. The participants can also learn the installation of R and RStudio software that is for the project in the final week of this course.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
1,699
Skills Covered:
Statistical skills R Programming

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