Data Analysis

Emphasis: Data Analysis

Degree: Certificate of Completion

Total Units: 15

Purpose: This certificate program teaches students how to collect data through archival research and newly designed studies, manage, access, and perform computations on data, analyze data, and share results in a useful and informative way.

Program Outcomes:

Upon successful completion, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

• Program basic statistical/data science scripts in appropriate languages (such as R, SQL, Python, spreadsheet functions)
• Create data vizualization (dashboards, exploratory data analysis, etc.)
• Compute and interpret inferential statistics (confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, parameter estimates in regressions)
• Use the rules of probability to make decisions
• Mine data and make decisions with large data sets using regression and exploratory analytic methods
• Design research studies
• Communicate results in a professional context to help clients make decisions
• Discover the data needs of clients in a data science consulting context