Johns Hopkins University

Data Science Capstone

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Jeff Leek, PhD
Roger D. Peng, PhD
Brian Caffo, PhD

Instructors: Jeff Leek, PhD

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.5

(1,226 reviews)

5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
95%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Create a useful data product for the public

  • Apply your exploratory data analysis skills

  • Build an efficient and accurate prediction model

  • Produce a presentation deck to showcase your findings

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Assessments

3 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

This week, we introduce the project so you can get a clear grip on the problem at hand and begin working with the dataset.

What's included

7 videos6 readings1 assignment

This week, we move on to the next tasks, exploratory data analysis and modeling. You'll also submit your milestone report and review submissions from your classmates.

What's included

2 videos2 readings1 peer review

This week, you'll build and evaluate your prediction model. The goal is to make your model efficient and accurate.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

This week's goal is to improve the predictive accuracy while reducing computational runtime and model complexity.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

This week, you'll work on developing the first component of your final project, your data product.

What's included

1 video1 reading

This week, you'll work on developing the second component of your final project, a slide deck to accompany your data product.

What's included

1 video1 reading

This week, you'll submit your final project and review the work of your classmates.

What's included

1 video1 peer review

Instructors

Instructor ratings
4.5 (105 ratings)
Jeff Leek, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
32 Courses1,657,641 learners
Roger D. Peng, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
37 Courses1,603,918 learners
Brian Caffo, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
30 Courses1,629,837 learners

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