Intro to Data Science

Welcome to week 1 of the Intro to data science course!

This week, we will explore the fundamental concepts and techniques used in data science. We will start by understanding what data science is and its importance in today's world. Next, we'll dive into data science tools and its workflows. Furthermore, we will learn about data and spreadsheet by exploring a sample dataset. Finally, you'll be introduced to Google Sheet and its basic functionalities.

Whatever your prior expereince, this week you'll touch on basics of data science and the tools you'll be using. You'll also start practising learning and working together. The internet is social, and technologists build it together. So, that's what you'll learn to do too.

Learning Outcomes

After this week, you will be able to:

  • Explain what data science is and its importance.
  • Describe some data science tools.
  • Experiment with data using Google sheet
  • Apply different data cleaning and visualization techniques on a dataset.

An overview of this week's lesson