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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Descriptive statistics extracts the information hidden under any data. In the Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme, you will learn about descriptive statistics' various tools. You will be using the open-source R software to learn these tools based on mathematical and statistical functions. This course has been designed for undergraduate students studying mathematics and science or humanities students with a background in statistics. If you are a professional working in analytics, you will find this course useful.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software certification is an online course of eight-week duration in Mathematics. It is an elective undergraduate/postgraduate course taught by the faculty of IIT Kanpur and NIT Sikkim. There will be assignments and practical usage of the software to break the monotony of theoretical lectures. All the course material will be available for free on the online learning portal Swayam.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software also offers certification. For this, you must submit all assignments and appear for an offline exam that is conducted after the course conclusion.

The Highlights

R Software
Eight weeks duration
UG/PG Course
Faculty from IIT Kanpur and NIT Sikkim
Elective course in mathematics
E-certification available
Free to audit
AICTE approved FDP
Available on Swayam
Industry supported

Programme Offerings

E-certification
Faculty from IIT Kanpur and NIT Sikkim
Industry supported
R Software
AICTE approved FDP
Online UG/PG Course
Elective course in mathematics
Free to audit
Available on Swayam

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Kanpur

Descriptive Statistics with R Software training has no enrolment fee. There is an option exam fee of Rs. 1,000 that you need to pay if you want to appear for the certification examination.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme fee structure

Course Name	Fee
Descriptive Statistics with R Software (Exam fee)	Rs. 1,000

Eligibility Criteria

To understand Descriptive Statistics with R Software on a deeper level, you need to have an intermediate level understanding of mathematics and a background in statistics.

Certificate Qualifying Details

To obtain the Descriptive Statistics with R Software certification, you need to fulfill the below given criteria:

Submit all assignments and achieve greater than or equal to 10/25 marks
Appear for the offline exam and achieve greater than or equal to 30/75 marks
Get a final score of 40/100

The final score = Assignment score + Exam score.

For assignments, the best six out of a total of eight will be considered. The assignment and exam marks will be appropriated to find your marks out of 25 and 75, respectively.

Fulfillment of all three criteria is compulsory for certification.

What you will learn

Statistical skills

You are encouraged to complete the Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme because you will understand

The essential tools of descriptive statistics.
How to use R software to conduct descriptive statistical analysis.

Who it is for

Descriptive Statistics with R Software certification course will be best suited for humanities students with a background in mathematics and statistics, undergraduate students in science and engineering, or professionals working in analytics.

Admission Details

Below given is the Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme admission process:

Step 1: Go to the Swayam website and either sign in or sign up. Website link: https://swayam.gov.in/.

Step 2: Go to the course link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_ma37/preview.

Step 3: Click on ‘Join’ if enrollment is open.

Application Details

You can apply for the Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme by signing into the Swayam platform. To sign in, you can use your existing Swayam profile or your Facebook, Microsoft or Google profile. You can also sign up using your email address and choosing a username and password. Once the email is verified, your application is complete.

The Syllabus

Evaluation process

Candidates willing to appear for the Descriptive Statistics with R Software training exam must fill the online registration form and pay the requisite exam fee. The examination will be proctored and will be held at the end of the term in multiple centres. The examination will be in person. There will be two sessions available, morning and afternoon from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm respectively. All the details related to the exam and exam centres will be given after submitting the registration form.