Johns Hopkins University

Building a Data Science Team

Jeff Leek, PhD
Brian Caffo, PhD
Roger D. Peng, 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
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.5

(3,290 reviews)

5 hours to complete
3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
90%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Describe the various roles that make up a Data Science team

  • Manage a Data Science team onboarding

  • Know relevant questions for interviewing data scientists

  • Understand how to encourage and empower Data Science teams

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Taught in English

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There is 1 module in this course

Welcome to Building a Data Science Team! This course is one module, intended to be taken in one week. the course works best if you follow along with the material in the order it is presented. Each lecture consists of videos and reading materials and every lecture has a 5 question quiz. You need to get 4 out of 5 or better on the quiz to pass. Overall the quizzes are worth 17% of your grade each, with the exception of the last quiz, which is worth 15%. I'm excited to have you in the class and look forward to your contributions to the learning community. Click Discussions to see forums where you can discuss the course material with fellow students taking the class. Be sure to introduce yourself to everyone in the Meet and Greet forum.If you have questions about course content, please post them in the forums to get help from others in the course community. For technical problems with the Coursera platform, visit the Learner Help Center.Good luck as you get started, and I hope you enjoy the course! -Jeff

What's included

17 videos8 readings6 assignments

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Jeff Leek, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
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