Introduction: What will I learn the course?

Today July 15 2021 by Bina

Welcome to Fall 2021 and Introduction to Data Science course.

Now more people are doing work that requires individual decision-making and problem-solving, and we need an educational system that will help develop those skills.

... Do away with segregation by age. And do away with the idea that there should be uniformity of all schools and of what people learn.

It's not what you know about the computer that's important, but your ability to do things with it.

---Seymour Papert (MIT Media lab founder 1970's)

This course deals with data science skills that are essential for any modern career. You will learn about:

1. The data science process
   
2. Tools and techniques for building data pipeline and data products
3. Collecting, analyzing, visualizing and interpreting data
4. Privacy, security, confidentiality and ethical use of data

All concepts discussed during lectures will be supported by hands-on explorations using R-Studio.